Thirteen years after he had gone absconding, one of the accused in the twin bomb blast in Kozhikode in 2006 was brought to the State on Saturday.
P.P. Yoosaf, 36, a resident of Taliparamba, and eighth accused in the case, was brought to Kochi from New Delhi where he was detained in the airport on his arrival from Saudi Arabia on Friday.
He was brought here on a transit warrant obtained from a NIA court in Delhi. He was then produced at the residence of the NIA court judge in Kochi and remanded. A red corner notice had been issued against him.
His arrest comes a week after the second accused Mohammed Ashar was similarly nabbed at the Delhi airport on his arrival from Saudi Arabia. With the arrest of these two, NIA had arrested all the accused in the case.
According to NIA, Yoosaf was part of the conspiracy and in planting the explosives. He had left the country for Saudi Arabia in 2007. The charge sheet against both had already been filed.
The accused had conspired and executed the blasts allegedly in retaliation against the denial of bail to the accused in Marad communal riots case. According to NIA, it was the first accused Thadiyantevida Nasir who procured the explosives for the blasts at the mofussil bus stand and at the KSRTC bus stand in Kozhikode on March 3, 2006, injuring two persons.