<p>A former driver of late J Jayalalithaa, who is one of the main suspects in the murder of a security guard at her Kodanad estate bungalow, was killed in a road accident on Friday night.<br /><br />C Kanakaraj died after his two-wheeler hit a car at Athur in Salem district, police said.<br /><br />Early on Saturday, another suspect and close friend of Kanakaraj, Sayan alias Shyam, was seriously injured. Sayan’s wife and child died in a road accident in Kerala’s Thrissur district, police said.<br /><br />Preliminary reports said the car Sayan was driving rammed into a stationary truck near Kannadi junction at 5.45 am. The truck was parked on the road after it developed a snag. <br /><br />Kanakaraj and Sayan were key suspects in the break-in and murder of security guard Om Bahadur, police said, citing information provided by the three persons taken into custody on Friday in connection with the incident.<br /><br />The estate figures in the disproportionate assets case involving jailed AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala and former chief minister Jayalalithaa, among others.<br /><br />Bahadur was found dead on April 24, while some documents were suspected to have been stolen from the premises. Another guard Kishore, who was seriously wounded, is undergoing treatment.<br /><br />Quoting locals, the police had then said on the day of the incident a 10-member gang in two vehicles were seen entering the area in the early hours of the day.<br /><br />Police suspected the motive of the gang could have been to steal valuables or documents as one door of the bungalow was forced open. <br /><br />Resistance by the guards might have led to the attack on them, they said.<br /></p>
<p>A former driver of late J Jayalalithaa, who is one of the main suspects in the murder of a security guard at her Kodanad estate bungalow, was killed in a road accident on Friday night.<br /><br />C Kanakaraj died after his two-wheeler hit a car at Athur in Salem district, police said.<br /><br />Early on Saturday, another suspect and close friend of Kanakaraj, Sayan alias Shyam, was seriously injured. Sayan’s wife and child died in a road accident in Kerala’s Thrissur district, police said.<br /><br />Preliminary reports said the car Sayan was driving rammed into a stationary truck near Kannadi junction at 5.45 am. The truck was parked on the road after it developed a snag. <br /><br />Kanakaraj and Sayan were key suspects in the break-in and murder of security guard Om Bahadur, police said, citing information provided by the three persons taken into custody on Friday in connection with the incident.<br /><br />The estate figures in the disproportionate assets case involving jailed AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala and former chief minister Jayalalithaa, among others.<br /><br />Bahadur was found dead on April 24, while some documents were suspected to have been stolen from the premises. Another guard Kishore, who was seriously wounded, is undergoing treatment.<br /><br />Quoting locals, the police had then said on the day of the incident a 10-member gang in two vehicles were seen entering the area in the early hours of the day.<br /><br />Police suspected the motive of the gang could have been to steal valuables or documents as one door of the bungalow was forced open. <br /><br />Resistance by the guards might have led to the attack on them, they said.<br /></p>