Cleared/AliCoimbatore: The city police on Wednesday moved the district court seeking custody of M Ansath in the Farook murder case. The district court is likely to grant custody on Thursday.Deputy commissioner of police (law and order) S Lakshmi told TOI, "We have moved the court seeking three days of custody of Ansath. Until 8pm (Wednesday), we have not received any information on it. But we expect that the custody will be granted on Thursday."Ansath, a 30-year-old realtor from Podanur, was a friend of Farook. Police believe that the interrogation with Ansath would shed more light in the case. "Based on the information we gather from Ansath, we will seek custody of other accused in the case," said an officer.So far, six people have been arrested in connection with the murder. Besides Ansath, the other accused are A Abdul Munaf, S Jaffar Ali, S Akram Jindal, Saddam Hussein and Samsuddin. H Farook, a member of the Dravida Viduthalai Kazhagam, was murdered on Thursday night.

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