After 13 yrs, accused in Kerala ​professor's hand chopping in NIA net

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Savad, the first accused in the sensational Prof. T.J. Joseph hand-chopping case, 13 years after the gruesome incident.

Savad was arrested from a rented house in Beram ward under the Mattannur municipality in Kannur district of Kerala on January 9 (Tuesday). He had been doing carpentry works during his five-month stay in the area.

He was set to be produced before the NIA Special Court in Kochi on January 10 (Wednesday) afternoon. The agency will seek his custody as part of collecting crucial evidence in the case.