KOLLAM: The police on Monday arrested a BJP worker in the incident in which actor G Krishnakumar, the NDA candidate in Kollam, sustained an injury in the eye. The arrested person is Mulavana native Sanal, the general secretary of the BJP Kundara panchayat committee. He was later released on bail.

The incident took place when Krishnakumar was in Mulavana as part of his election campaign. The accused told the police that the key in his hand accidentally hit Krishnakumar's eye when he came to receive Krishnakumar at Chandamukku in Mulavana.