THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A notorious robber has fallen into the police net after remaining elusive for 15 years. The Shadow police on Sunday morning nabbed Kalakumar of Kawdiar Jawahar Nagar Charuvilakam house. His nefarious activities were focused at Jawahar Nagar and nearby areas.

What helped police to trace him is the finger prints they collected in connection with a theft that happened here months ago.

In the investigation carried out on the basis of the finger prints of regulars in the robbers’ list, Kalakumar was found to be the accused.

The accused went into hiding after coming to understand that police were on the lookout for him. And it was on Sunday that he was cleverly trapped by the police.

With his arrest, police got lead in cases that happened 15 years ago. His modus operandi was to roam around and identify locked houses and commit robbery in the night.

He would jump walls and break into houses by cutting window rods using hacksaw blade.