KOCHI: Police have identified a Bihar native who provided the gun used by Rakhil to shoot MBBS student Manasa. Sonu Kumar Modi (21), a native of Bihar, was nabbed by a three-member team led by Kothamangalam SI Mahin. They were assisted by the Bihar police and special squad.
Sonu Kumar was produced in a Bihar court and a transit warrant was obtained. It is learned that the police will bring him to Kerala soon. The police nabbed Sonu Kumar on information provided by Rakhil's friends. Sonu's friends attacked the Kerala police who came to arrest him. With this, the state police sought the help of the Bihar police and arrested Sonu Modi.
Police have received information that Rakhil was informed about the gun sales centre by a taxi driver. Efforts are on to find him.