PM Modi’s Kerala go to: Cops arrest 53-year-old Kochi native for letter threatening suicide assault 

By Express News Service

KOCHI: Police on Sunday arrested a 53-year-old Kochi native, who wrote a letter warning of a suicide assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi all through his go to to city on Monday.

The arrested explicit individual has been acknowledged as Xavier Anjanikal, who lives in a rented dwelling on Fifth Cross Road, Kaloor-Kathrikadavu Road, and runs a catering company in Kochi.

The accused wrote the letter throughout the title of N J Johny which was delivered to the BJP office ultimate week. Johny and Xavier are members of the similar parish, and Xavier had written an anonymous letter in opposition to Johny three years previously following some dispute throughout the parish council.

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Kochi City Police Commissioner Ok Sethu Raman confirmed the arrest of Xavier. “We have checked the handwriting of the accused with the assistance of experts. It is confirmed that it was written by the same person who wrote the letter to the BJP office about the attack on Prime Minister in Kochi. There is nothing to panic about as the letter is confirmed as a hoax,” he talked about.

The letter, written in Malayalam, was delivered to the BJP office ultimate week. The get collectively leaders then handed over the letter to the police. “After receiving the letter, we reached the house of Johny and recorded his statement. We confirmed that it was not Johny who wrote the letter by checking his handwriting. Johny then told us about a fake letter-related incident that took place following unrest between church parish councillors some three years back. He said that this fake letter dated three years ago was written by Xavier,” a police official of Ernakulam North Police, which investigated the case, talked about.

When the police checked the outdated fake letter with the current one, the handwriting was found to match. “We were closely following Xavier for the past week. We also managed to receive his handwriting specimen without making him aware of the case investigation. Thus he was taken into custody on Saturday night after registering an FIR. His arrest was recorded on Sunday. He would be produced before the court and the remand procedure would be completed soon,” the police officer talked about.

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled for a two-day go to to Kerala starting on Monday, April 24.

KOCHI: Police on Sunday arrested a 53-year-old Kochi native, who wrote a letter warning of a suicide assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi all through his go to to city on Monday.
The arrested explicit individual has been acknowledged as Xavier Anjanikal, who lives in a rented dwelling on Fifth Cross Road, Kaloor-Kathrikadavu Road, and runs a catering company in Kochi.
The accused wrote the letter throughout the title of N J Johny which was delivered to the BJP office ultimate week. Johny and Xavier are members of the similar parish, and Xavier had written an anonymous letter in opposition to Johny three years previously following some dispute throughout the parish council.

READ HERE | Letter threatening assault on PM Modi retains Kerala police on their toes
Kochi City Police Commissioner Ok Sethu Raman confirmed the arrest of Xavier. “We have checked the handwriting of the accused with the assistance of experts. It is confirmed that it was written by the same person who wrote the letter to the BJP office about the attack on Prime Minister in Kochi. There is nothing to panic about as the letter is confirmed as a hoax,” he talked about.
The letter, written in Malayalam, was delivered to the BJP office ultimate week. The get collectively leaders then handed over the letter to the police. “After receiving the letter, we reached the house of Johny and recorded his statement. We confirmed that it was not Johny who wrote the letter by checking his handwriting. Johny then told us about a fake letter-related incident that took place following unrest between church parish councillors some three years back. He said that this fake letter dated three years ago was written by Xavier,” a police official of Ernakulam North Police, which investigated the case, talked about.
When the police checked the outdated fake letter with the current one, the handwriting was found to match. “We were closely following Xavier for the past week. We also managed to receive his handwriting specimen without making him aware of the case investigation. Thus he was taken into custody on Saturday night after registering an FIR. His arrest was recorded on Sunday. He would be produced before the court and the remand procedure would be completed soon,” the police officer talked about.
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled for a two-day go to to Kerala starting on Monday, April 24.