“Angoda Lokka” died from poisoning, revenge killing suspected

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The question whether Amani Thanji, who had been living with the organised criminal “Angoda Lokka”, poisoned him to death to avenge the killing of her husband in Sri Lanka, is doing the rounds among the Police and public.

The suspicion arose after a postmortem report revealed that the finger and toe nails of the deceased gangster were bluish indicating poisoning, the Press Trust of India quoted Indian Police sources said.

Police said they suspect the don was killed as media reports in Sri Lanka indicated that “Lokka”, wanted by the INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organisation) and the Lankan Police for various crimes, was poisoned to death in India in early July.

It was also reported in the newspapers, quoting the Lankan intelligence, that a gang opposed to “Lokka” had sent a woman to finish him off.

“Lokka” reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and died on 03 July and the body, after the postmortem, was shifted to Madurai and cremated the next day.

The Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), investigating into the case, has arrested 3 persons – Thanji, Sivakami Sundari and Dyaneshwaran – on the charge of fabricating documents to get for “Lokka” an aadhaar card in the name of Pradeep Singh. He had been staying in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu since 2017.

The Investigating Agency has sent viscera samples to Chennai for examination to help in doing DNA tests and in identifying whether the deceased don was really “Lokka”.

CB-CID is also working on to match some fingerprints received from the residence, where “Lokka” and Thanji were staying, with that of the gangster to establish his identity, the sources said.

The Agency has filed a petition in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court seeking to take the 3 into its custody for interrogation. The case is coming up for hearing on Wednesday (12), even as Thanji was shifted to Puzhal Prison in Chennai where foreign nationals are generally lodged.

Thanji was hospitalised before being shifted to Chennai as she had taken an overdose of pills to terminate her 2-month pregnancy, the Police said.