Newskarnataka – Karkala

Karkala:  Biju Thomas, the prime accused in the case of seizing of huge quantity of explosives at Nakre Durga, Kalya and other places in Karkala taluk has been arrested and was produced in the court on Wednesday April 30.

After a month’s hunt, the police arrested Biju Thomas, at Gurgaon in Haryana on Sunday April 27 night. He was brought to Karkala on Tuesday April 29; the court in Karkala has now remanded him in police custody for five days.

Biju Thomas, a Keralite, who owned the explosives seized, was on the run for the past one month. According to preliminary probe that Udupi district police carried out in this connection, the explosives were being supplied to illegal quarries in the area. Udupi police had initially seized about 230 bags of ammonium nitrate hidden in a trench from Chara village in Hebri.

Biju Thomas from Kerala was absconding since the last week of March, when Karkala police led by ASP Annamalai had raided several places in the taluk and found ammonium nitrate and other explosive materials worth crores stocked illegally.

Sources say Biju Thomas enjoyed political patronage which helped him carry out his business fearlessly, thus a casual way has been noticed in the way the police treats him. Biju was never seen handcuffed moreover; he was even seen talking on his expensive phone.