KOZHIKODE: Police arrested six persons, including two who were allegedly part of the killer gang that killed CPM activist K Haridasan (54) at Punnol near Thalassery. Police arrested Punnol natives and RSS-BJP activists Kochara Dineshan and Prajutti who were allegedly part of the gang that attacked Haridasan near his home on Feb 20.
This is the first instance of persons, who were directly involved in the crime, being arrested in the case. Also CK Arjun (23) of Kizhakkayil House at Punnol, Abhimanyu K (22) of Sopanam House at Temple Gate, CK Aswanth (23) and Deepak Sadanandan (29) from Punnol were arrested under conspiracy charges on Tuesday. It is learnt that Punnol native Prajith alias Multi Prajith and another resident of New Mahe are in police custody and are being interrogated. With today's arrest the total number of persons arrested in the case has risen to 10.