The police arrested a Popular Front of India (PFI) functionary in connection the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker A. Sanjit in Palakkad on Friday.
Bava, 59, former teacher at GMLP School, Alathur, was arrested for his alleged involvement in the conspiracy to kill Sanjit. The police said Bava, who was suspended from service on the eve of his retirement, was a key conspirator.
Sanjit was murdered by a gang of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) men while travelling on a motorcycle along with his wife at Mambaram, near here, on November 15, 2021.