NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency has arrested a 47-year-old man for his role in 2010 palm chopping case of Professor T J Joseph of Newman College in Kerala.Mansoor, who was absconding for several years, was arrested on Saturday, said sources. NIA says that Mansoor, a resident of Ernakulam , was party to the criminal conspiracy to attack Professor Joseph. He had was chargesheeted by NIA on June 1 this year.The case was first registered in 2010 by Kerala police against the accused persons involved in the criminal conspiracy and consequent lethal attack on Professor Joseph at Muvattupuzha on the 4th July, 2010.The assailants had used deadly weapons and explosives to create terror in the minds of the victim and the general public, the palm of Professor Joseph was chopped off by the assailants, alleging ridiculing of Prophet Mohammed in the Malayalam question paper prepared by Joseph, for the internal examination of B. Com students at the Newman College, Thodupuzha, Idukki district, during the academic year 2009-2010, said NIA.The trial against 31 persons has already been completed in the court and 13 persons have been convicted.NIA had claimed that members of Popular Front of India ( PFI )/Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were behind the incident.

Source: Times of India August 05, 2017 14:37 UTC