2 held for dragging tribal man along road

POLICE have arrested two youngsters in connection with the incident in which a tribal man, Mathan, was dragged alongside a car for around 400m near Mananthavady in Wayanad.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Kalpetta

Muhammed Arshid, 25, and Abhiram K Sujith, 23, both natives of Kaniyambetta, were taken into custody from Kalpetta on Tuesday. Muhammed Arshid was driving the car at the time of the incident. There were four persons in the vehicle and the police have identified the other two passengers.

According to the police, the other accused — Vishnu Kunnummal and Nabeel Kamar, natives of Panamaram — are absconding.

Arshid and Abhiram, who had gone to Mysuru after the incident, were nabbed by the Mananthavady police from Kalpetta while they were returning home in a bus.