ALAPPUZHA: The man who attacked Sabarimala pilgrims in Kalarcode has been arrested. The arrested has been identified as Arjun Krishnan, a native of Eravukadu. The accused confessed to the cops that he pushed down the child for sitting on his bike.

Aleena, daughter of Malappuram's Nilambur native Vishnu, and his relative's daughter Vrindavana were injured in the attack. After the pilgrimage, they stopped in front of a hotel on Bypass Road to have food. Aleena and Vrindavana got out of the vehicle and leaned on a bike parked nearby. Arjun did not like this and shouted at the children. When the people who accompanied the children questioned this, the injured young man used the key in his hand to injure the children.

Then he returned a little later with an axe and attacked the bus. The window of the bus was broken in the attack.