PATHANAMTHITTA: Accused arrested in Koipuram Ramadevi murder case after 17 years. Ramadevi's husband CR Janardhanan (75) of Vadakkechattukulam Vadakkekavala Pullad was arrested by the Thiruvalla Crime Branch. Janardhanan is a retired postmaster. The arrest is based on scientific evidence.

Janardhanan had earlier approached the court alleging that the police investigation was ineffective. He also demanded a crime branch investigation into the case. On May 26, 2006, Ramadevi was found dead in the dining room of the house. The post-mortem report stated that a sharp weapon like a billhook was used in the murder. Janardhanan approached the High Court when the local police investigated the case and found no results.

The workers who were constructing a building near the house of Ramadevi and Janardhanan at the time of the murder were interrogated. Meanwhile, the search took a different turn as the Tamil Nadu native Chudalamutthu. who was a neighbor, went missing. After that, police searched for him and the woman who lived with him for many years, but could not find them. Finally, the woman was found in Tenkasi. Janardhanan was arrested by the crime branch after the scientific investigation that followed.