RAW to probe Angoda Lokka’s death

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A five-member Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) team has met senior officials of the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) in connection with the mysterious death of Sri Lankan gangster Angoda Lokka, who was staying in India for the last three years with a fake identity. Tamil Nadu Director General of Police JK Tripathy had recently transferred the case from Coimbatore Police to the CBCID.

Maddumage Lasantha Chandana Perera alias Angoda Lokka had possessed a fake Aadhar card in the name of Pradeep Singh, the Times Now reported.

Reports suggest that he suffered cardiac arrest and declared dead at a private hospital in Coimbatore on July 3.

After the Sri Lankan media reported that the gangster was poisoned to death in India, the police of the island nation asked the Coimbatore Police for more information in this regard.

The CBCID has constituted seven teams to scrutinise and investigate various aspects, including his ‘illegal’ stay in India and forging of documents to get an Aadhar card.

The RAW team visited Coimbatore on August 5 and held talks with CBCID Inspector General of Police K Shankar and other senior officials. Notably, Lokka was wanted in Sri Lanka in connection with serious offences. In fact, a ‘red notice’ was also issued for him by the Interpol.

The RAW team reportedly took hold of some significant documents regarding Angoda Lokka, whose body was cremated in Madurai after post-mortem at a government hospital.

Meanwhile, the CBCID has sent the viscera to Chennai for examination in order to establish Lokka’s identity.

Three people were arrested on charges of fabricating documents to get an Aadhar card for Lokka on Sunday. Those in custody are – T Sivakami Sundari and her Tiruppur friend S Dyaneswaran, and Amani Thanji, a Sri Lankan woman.

Sources suggest that Lokka had killed Amani Thanji’s husband in Sri Lanka. She started staying with Lokka after that.

According to Police, Angoda Lokka entered Tamil Nadu in 2017 and had been living in Coimbatore since 2018.

He was reportedly supplying protein supplements to gyms there. He had rented an apartment with the help of Sivakami Sundari and S.Dyaneswaran.