Thiruvananthapuram. The NIA has taken into custody Savad, the first accused involved in the gruesome incident of cutting the palm of a college professor of Newman College in Thodupuzha in Kerala in 2010. The accused was caught from Mattanur in Kannur district on Tuesday. Read this also: ABVP mobilized to remove the Vice Chancellor of Horticulture University, alleged irregularities in the recruitment of assistant professors…
Let us tell you that on July 4, 2010, a seven-member gang armed with deadly weapons had cut off the right palm of Professor TJ Joseph. The professor was accused of blasphemy in a question paper prepared by him.
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Sawad, who was among those who attacked the professor, was a member of the banned Popular Front of India, against whom Interpol had issued a red-corner notice. At the same time, NIA had announced a reward for anyone giving information about Sawad.