On the basis of CCTV footage, the police have been able to identify the RSS worker. The Kerala Police arrested him from Coimbatore and brought him back to Kerala.
Kannur: Kerala Police arrested Prabesh K, a Rashtriya Swayam Sevak for throwing a bomb at the police post in Thalassery, Kannur. He was arrested from Coimbatore by Kathirur Sub Inspector of Police M Nijeesh, with civil police officers Joshith and Bijesh of Coimbatore.
It is reported that Prabesh threw the bomb on January 16. It is also identified that the accused threw a steel bomb.
The accused has also confessed to the crime, said a police source. The accused also told police that he threw the bomb to hit Seva Kendram and not the police picket post.
He added that it was a deliberate attempt to create conflict there. The accused already has 10 police cases in his name.
In the incident, two policemen on duty had a narrow escape as the steel bomb hurled at the post missed the target.