Two more persons have been arrested and remanded in connection with the assault on T.J. Joseph, professor and Head of the Department of Malayalam, Newman College, on Sunday last, taking the total number of those arrested to four.
Kamaruddhin, 30, and Sajeer, 30, from Muppathadam, Aluva, were arrested on Friday on charges of conspiracy. Three others were also taken into custody from Thodupuzha while sticking posters, on charges of disturbing communal amity.
Director-General of Police Jacob Punnoose said the investigation was progressing in the right direction and more arrests would be made soon.
Another senior police official said treating the case in isolation might take the sting out of investigation. The case should be treated as an offence against the nation with the active participation of seditious elements from abroad. The evidence in support of this was clear in the CDs, suspected to be used by the Al-Qaeda to train its members in crude methods of executions, taken into custody from the vehicle of one of the suspects.