PATHANAMTHITTA: The police took into custody BJP activists at Nilakkal for violating the prohibitory orders in Sabarimala. Eight persons reached Nilakkal after breaking the prohibitory orders. The police arrested eight including BJP state spokesperson B Gopalakrishnan. They reached in two vehicles. They were asked to receive the notice containing the direction that they have to return within six hours from Sabarimala. The police had informed them that if they accept the notice they will be given permission to pray at Sabarimala. Though the police asked them to receive the notice, they failed to accept it. The police arrested them after they were squatting on the Pampa-Nilakkal road.