CBI sleuths interrogate 'Dinakaran' case accused

Madurai, May 23 (UNI) The nine accused in the 'Dinakaran' newspaper office attack case were being interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

According to police sources here, nine persons including the prime accused 'Attack Pandi' were remanded to custody by a court.

Subsequently, the case was transferred to the CBI, which sought seven-day custody of the accused for interrogation from the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.

The court yesterday granted the CBI two-day custody of the accused and said they should be produced before the court on May 24.

Three persons were killed when an unruly mob with suspected allegiance to DMK President and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri attacked the 'Dinakaran' office on May 9 with petrol bombs and vandalised it after the newspaper published a survey on him.

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