Man with suspected Naxal links arrested in Mettur

A man wanted in a double murder case and also suspected to have links with Naxals has been arrested in Mettur in Salem district, police said today.
Palanivel, a native of Pulikadathanur in Salem district, was wanted in a double murder case in Veeranam in 2004 and a special team had been formed to nab him.
Meanwhile, Q branch of police wing received information that Palanivel was staying in Namakkal and working as a painter and used to visit Mettur as part of his profession, they said.
Keeping strict vigil on the movement of 35-year-old Palanivel, police nabbed him last evening, after a chase near Mettur.

After the preliminary interrogation, he was produced before Mettur Judicial Magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody for 15 days.
He has many cases against him in Salem and Theni police stations.