KOTTAYAM: A man was arrested in case of attempted murder of his wife. The arrested has been identified as Joji K Thomas (45), of Kanjirakad House in Enganapuzha area in Kozhikode. The couple lived in Puliyannoor area. There was a verbal argument between them and then the accused hacked his wife on her head with a machete.

After this, he fled the scene. Following a search conducted by the Pala Police, he was arrested from Ettumanoor railway station. Pala station SHO Jobin Antony, SIB Binu VL, CPs Ranjith, Arunkumar and Shyam were part of the team that arrested the accused and produced him in the court.