Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar.
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Shafeek Malangadan, desired for 25 years, was kept in Karipur airport by Kerala Police.
A murder accused who got away to the Gulf 25 years ago landed in police net at the Karipur airport in Kerala on Wednesday when he attempted to slip back into his homeland on a chartered flight following the COVID-19 scare.
The arrest of Shafeek Malangadan, 50, prime implicated in the murder of Youth League worker Manaf Pallipparamban, brought the focus back on a gory event that took place at Othayi, near Edavanna, on April 13, 1995, mainly since of the alleged participation of Nilambur MLA P.V. Anvar in the event.
A nephew of Mr. Anvar, Shafeek has been under security since he escaped to the UAE quickly afte