Chennai, Sept. 18 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested two accusedpersons in connection with the 2023 Villianur bomb blast case in Tamil Nadu after extensivesearches for allegedly leaking information of protected witnesses in the case.
A NIA release tonight said the searches were made in four locations in Puducherry, includingat Central prison in the union Territory.
The accused, identified as Herman alias Karthi alias TR and Udhayakumar alias Kumar, havebeen arrested for leaking sensitive information, including the names and other details about theprotected witnesses in the case, in which a politicla functionary, Senthil Kumaran, was brutallykilled.
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