​Mohandas, a former state convenor of the BJP’s Intellectual Cell and a former office-bearer of the Bharatiya Vichara Kendram, which has close links with the RSS, was arrested at his residence in Kochi. 

​The Mumbra police have registered a case under section 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the accused. 

​According to police, his phone was switched off after its last signal was recorded near Kuduru on the Kunigal Road, a location that does not correspond with the usual trekking route.