Overview
- He was picked up from a hotel in Palakkad around midnight and transported to Pathanamthitta, police said.
- He was moved to a police camp on Sunday morning as questioning continued.
- Police confirmed a third case was recently registered on a complaint by a Pathanamthitta resident, and the SIT probing two similar cases will investigate this one.
- Officers indicated his formal arrest could be recorded later depending on the inquiry.
- Earlier court orders granted him interim protection in the first case and anticipatory bail in the second, and the Congress has expelled him from the party.