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The pꦰrime accused in the murder of a 26-year-old man here a day ago, was nabbed, police said on Sunday.
The accus🗹ed was picked up from a hide out in neighb𝓡ouring Tamil Nadu.
He✃ was taken into custody and is being interrogated, they said without divulging further details.
"An intense search operat🔜ion was going on to nab the prime accused. A police✱ team picked him up from Tamil Nadu," an officer told PTI.
The other three accused were still at large.
Th꧃e officer said a person, who allegedly drove the car of the accused during the time of the crime, was already arrested by the police.
The victim identified as Akhil,ও was brutally assaulted with sticks and brick༒s allegedly by a group of men near Karamana here on Friday evening.
He succumbed to his injuries at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital the same night, police 🅷sa🔥id.
Thiruvan🦋anthapuram Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Nidhinraj P has said that four accused have been identified and their associates were being questioned as part of the steps to trace th🍃em.
He said the assault on Akhil was in revenge for an alleged altercation between him and the accused several da💫ys ago at a bar.
The shocking murder in the state capital triggered a political row as opposition Congress criticised the LDF government alleging that it was due to the failure of the Home Department under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the police.
State General Education Minister V Sivankutty, who visited the house of the victim on Saturday, said the government was considering the matter seriously and steps would beꦑ taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
