Child trafficking case: One more nursing assistant arrested

SALEM/NAMAKKAL: The CB-CID police arrested one more nursing assistant from a primary health centre at Sarkar Kollapatty in the city on Friday in connection with the child trafficking case.

K Shanthi, 35, of Sarkar Kollapatty, was arrested based on the information given by the main accused, R Amuthavalli, in the case. Shanthi is working at the primary health centre at Kannankurichi under deputation.

Shanthi was brought to CB-CID office at Nedunchalai Nagar near Suramangalam in the city on Friday evening. With the arrest of Shanthi, the number of accused arrested in the case rose to nine.

Meanwhile, four other accused in the case – Parvin, Hasina, Arulsamy and Murugesan- were produced before the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Namakkal district court K Karunanithi on Friday evening. “The CJM ordered to lodge all the four accused under judicial custody until further orders,” said an official of the Namakkal ) district court. Shanthi was also produced before the CJM who remanded her in judicial custody for 15 days.

All the accused were lodged at the central prison in Salem.