Whether they’re trying to make up for letting him leave the country or they’re being respectful of the magnitude of the charges against him, the State police provided an extra-heavy platoon of personnel to escort Shaji Purushotaman as he returned to the city.
Close to 100 policemen escorted him out of the airport and whisked him away into the waiting vehicle. Shaji, who is the prime accused in a hit-and-run-over case, was arrested by a TN police team who journeyed to Kochi. Whether or not the charges against him have left him worried, Shaji was still impeccably dressed in a suit and appeared calm.
Given his apparent lack of height, the police task force that cordoned him blocked him from sight as they escorted them out of Jet Airways flight 9W 2734 that arrived at 6.30 pm. This much security cover has seldom been accorded to people at the Chennai airport barring occasions when heads of states visit. Shaji was produced before a local magistrate, who remanded him in custody for 15 days.