ALOOR: An elderly man was arrested by the police while distilling arrack near his house. Aloor Kattamthodu native Sukumaran (64) was arrested by the team led by Irinjalakkuda DySP TK Shaiju and Aloor Inspector KC Ratheesh on the instructions of Thrissur Rural SP Aishwarya Dongre. The police team reached Sukumaran's house after receiving secret information. When the police reached his house, Sukumaran tried to repel them from inspection by saying that the enemies were spreading lies about him. However, the police officers, who got suspicious, inspected the house and premises for hours and found the wash (fermented solution used for making arrack) stored in drums.

The police team also found distilled arrack stored in bottles from the house. Following this, they arrested Sukumaran. The instruments used to distil arrack were also taken into custody. The police said that Sukumaran was earlier arrested by the Kodakara police for distilling arrack. The accused, who was presented in court, has been remanded.