Sunday, March 6 2005 15:23 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: The police today (Mar 6, 2005) formally arrested R Raghu, brother of Junior Kanchi Seer Vijayendra Saraswathi, in the Radhakrishnan assault case.

A memo of arrest was issued to him at the Central Prison in Chennai, where he has been lodged since his arrest in the Sankararaman Murder Case on December 30, 2004 police said.

He is likely to be produced before a City Magistrate tomorrow (Mar 7, 2005) for remand in the assault case.

The case, in which Kanchi Pontiff Jayendra Saraswathi is a co-accused, relates to the attack on former Kanchi Mutt associate Radhakrishnan, his wife and an attendant at his city residence on September 20, 2002.

Raghu and Mutt Manager Sunderesa Iyer were also brought under the Goondas Act on January 22.