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Tholicode Jama Ath committee expelled him from the post of the chief imam on the basis of the findings of an independent inquiry they conducted. The police have recovered the car from Ernakulam. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The police team investigating the alleged sexual abuse of a minor girl by former Imam Shafeek Al Qasimi , took his three brothers into custody as part of the probe.The brothers, Al Ameen, Shaji and Ansari, were taken into custody from Ernakulam by members of the shadow police squad under Thiruvananthapuram rural district police.The shadow team has been in Ernakulam for the past two days after learning that Qasimi was in the district too to file his anticipatory bail plea before the high court. But Qasimi once again evaded the cops and remains at large.Crime branch (Thiruvananthapuram rural) DSP D Asokan, who is investigating the case, said the three men had been taken into custody on suspicion of helping the accused in escaping and also hiding his car, a Toyota Innova. He managed to flee from the spot in his car, dropped off the girl at her house and went on the run.A case was registered only on Tuesday after the girl and her family refused to give their statement against him..