PALAKKAD: Police have taken into custody a man who made death threats and abused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on social media. Jayaprakash (40), a resident of Maniyancherry in Thenari in Elappully, was nabbed by the Palakkad Kasaba police. He was caught from his house.

On December 21, Jayaprakash used obscene language on social media and threatened to kill the Chief Minister. He later went into hiding in Karnataka and Maharashtra. He was arrested last day after returning home after hiding for more than two months.