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Suspect's image in e-mail case developed

S. Vijay Kumar

Combing operation on in southern districts

MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu police have developed an image of the prime suspect in the e-mail threat case to Parliament and U.S. Consulates. Preliminary reports indicate that the suspect is an "educated, middle-aged and well-built youth." A combing operation has been launched in the southern districts to track down the accused.

A special team of the Madurai police adopted the computer-aided portrait building technique to develop the image based on the inputs provided by the owner of an Internet browsing centre at Murugankurichi in Palayamkottai.

The image, a copy of which was made available to The Hindu , was passed on to the Delhi police who have registered a case and are investigating the e-mail threat. However, sources in the intelligence wing said the image did not match any of the photographs available with the crime records bureau. The face (of the suspect) was also not familiar among people in the locality (Murugankurichi).

According to police sources, sleuths of the Special Intelligence Unit made enquiries with some suspected Muslim fundamentalists who were brought to Palayamkottai from the Coimbatore central prison for court proceedings during November. Police along the State borders in Tirunelveli, Theni and Kanyakumari districts have been alerted to keep track of the movement of suspicious elements. Vigil has been intensified along the Western Ghats, the sources added.

"Special teams are on the lookout for the accused. We are following some clues," the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Tirunelveli Range), Vijay Kumar, said.

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