<p>The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Kerala Police has taken over the investigation into the shootout at a beauty parlour run by controversial actress Leena Mariya Paul here in December 2018, police said here on Friday.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch wing of the Kerala police had been probing the case in which gangster Ravi Pujari is a key accused, they said.</p>.<p>The ATS is also a separate wing under the Crime Branch headed by senior IPS officer Tomin J Thachankary.</p>.<p>The case was handed over to the ATS considering the seriousness of the crime involving a gangster-like Pujari, police sources said.</p>.<p>Pujari was interrogated by the state crime branch sleuths in connection with the shootout when he was under the custody of Karnataka police.</p>.<p>The incident happened on December 15, 2018, when two unidentified men came on motorcycles and opened fire outside the parlour owned by the actress at Panampilly Nagar here.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch had arrested three people soon after the incident.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch investigation had revealed that the gang had committed the act to threaten the actress to pay Rs 25 crore demanded by Pujari.</p>.<p>Pujari had allegedly called her multiple times seeking the amount before and after the incident.</p>.<p>Actress Paul has acted in a Hindi film 'Madras Cafe', Tamil movie 'Biriyani' and Malayalam films 'Husbands in Goa' and 'Red Chillies'.</p>
<p>The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Kerala Police has taken over the investigation into the shootout at a beauty parlour run by controversial actress Leena Mariya Paul here in December 2018, police said here on Friday.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch wing of the Kerala police had been probing the case in which gangster Ravi Pujari is a key accused, they said.</p>.<p>The ATS is also a separate wing under the Crime Branch headed by senior IPS officer Tomin J Thachankary.</p>.<p>The case was handed over to the ATS considering the seriousness of the crime involving a gangster-like Pujari, police sources said.</p>.<p>Pujari was interrogated by the state crime branch sleuths in connection with the shootout when he was under the custody of Karnataka police.</p>.<p>The incident happened on December 15, 2018, when two unidentified men came on motorcycles and opened fire outside the parlour owned by the actress at Panampilly Nagar here.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch had arrested three people soon after the incident.</p>.<p>The Crime Branch investigation had revealed that the gang had committed the act to threaten the actress to pay Rs 25 crore demanded by Pujari.</p>.<p>Pujari had allegedly called her multiple times seeking the amount before and after the incident.</p>.<p>Actress Paul has acted in a Hindi film 'Madras Cafe', Tamil movie 'Biriyani' and Malayalam films 'Husbands in Goa' and 'Red Chillies'.</p>