Three Arrested in Port Blair Hotelier’s Alleged Murder as Police Seek Two More

Overview

• Three Andaman residents, including the hotel co-owner, were arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Tambaram on October 3 by Khilambatham police with assistance from Andaman and Nicobar officers.
• Police have identified 31-year-old Muntaqueem Ahmed as the key conspirator in his business partner’s killing, and two additional suspects remain at large.
• Investigators say Niamat Ali was drugged in a car, then strangled with a rope, before his body was transported for over 30 hours and dumped in Odisha’s Brahmani River near Rourkela.
• CCTV showed Ali traveling from Chennai airport to Vandalur, where a student provided leads that, along with digital forensics and witness statements, guided the case.
• Odisha Police have been alerted to recover the body as a Tamil Nadu team prepares to assist search efforts in Rourkela.