Kasargod, October 1: The police have arrested a key accused in the murder of Akhil Bharathiya Vidyarthi Parishad activist Sachin Gopal.
He had been identified as Askar, 24, the Kakkad unit president of the Popular Front of India.
Sachin Gopal
The police retrieved the weapon, a foldable knife, used by the assailant which was abandoned in the Kakkad river after the crime.
The police said Askar stabbed Sachin outside Pallikkunnu Government Higher Secondary School after a clash between activists of the ABVP and the Campus Front of India in the school.
He had gone into hiding at Kuttippuram after the incident. He was arrested by the police at Kakkad here.
The police have so far arrested seven persons in connection with the murder. The police had earlier arrested two unit presidents of the PFI and Campus Front of India activists.
Sachin was stabbed on July 6 and after undergoing treatment at various hospitals, succumbed to injuries at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, on September 5.
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