Overview

• Police in Tamil Nadu arrested three residents of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on October 3 with assistance from Andaman and Nicobar Police.
• Investigators identified 31-year-old Muntaqueem Ahmed as the alleged key conspirator and cite suspected business rivalry as the motive.
• Officers say hotelier Niamat Ali, 49, vanished in Chennai on July 27 and was drugged and strangled in a car.
• The body was allegedly driven to Rourkela and dumped in the Brahmani River after a 30-hour trip across Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha Police have been alerted to retrieve it.
• Two more suspects are being sought, with CCTV analysis and a student witness helping trace Ali’s last movements and build the case.