2 held for Fasal murder

KOCHI: The CBI on Thursday arrested the two accused in the Muhammed Fasal murder case.  The arrested are V P Arundas, 28, and Babu alias M K Kalesh, 34, of Thalassery. The duo were produced before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. The court will consider the CBI’s request to get the accused in their custody on Friday. NDF activist Muhammed Fasal was murdered on October 22, 2006 after he had deserted the CPM and joined the NDF. The prosecution case is that an eight-member-gang had arrived in three bikes and attacked Fasal using fatal weapons.