The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Savad, the first accused in the sensational T.J. Joseph hand-chopping case, 13 years after the gruesome incident.
Savad was arrested from a rented house at Beram ward in Mattannur municipality in Kannur district on January 9 (Tuesday). He had been doing carpentry works during his five-month stay in the area. He was be produced before the NIA Special Court in Kochi on January 10 (Wednesday) afternoon. Mini S. Das, Special Judge, remanded him to judicial custody till January 24.
The NIA had announced a reward of ₹10 lakh for information on Savad last year.
