KANNUR: The police have arrested the main accused in the murder case of ABVP worker K V Syama Prasad. V M Saleem, president of Popular Front Uruvachaal division is under custody. He had gone underground after the incident.  The Peravoor police arrested Saleem from Karnataka-Maharashtra border. He was working in a hotel there.

Syama Prasad was murdered on January 19, 2018. The attack happened while Syama Prasad was returning home on bike after class. He was studying mechanical engineering in Kakkayangad ITI. The attackers followed and hacked Syam even though he tried to escape by running into a nearby house.