New Delhi/Kannur Jan 10 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested the main accused, absconding for 13 years, in the Kerala professor palm-chopping case of 2010 wherein the academician was attacked in front of his family for alleged blasphemy, officials said.Savad, a PFI sympathizer who was on the run for the last 13 years and carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh, was arrested from Mattannur in Kerala’s Kannur, the agency said in a statement.The accused had cut off the palm of TJ Joseph for allegedly ridiculing Prophet Mohammed in a Malayalam question paper prepared for the internal examination of B. Com students at Newman College, Thodupuzha in Idukki district.
Professor’s palm chopping case: Main accused arrested by the NIA ending his 13-year run
