Kodanad case: prosecution awaiting reports of phone calls made by Kanakaraj

The prosecution in the Kodanad dacoity-cum-murder case has said it was awaiting reports from the telecommunications laboratory in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, in response to questions by the District Sessions Court judge in Udhagamandalam for the reasons in delay in the case. The case came up before the court in Udhagamandalam on Friday.

When asked by the judge as to the reasons for the delay in completing the investigation in the case, Special Public Prosecutor M. Shahjahan told the court 248 witnesses in the case have been questioned so far resulting in further arrests of two persons following the initiation of the CB-CID inquiry.