​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. 

​In a note by the Civil Aviation Ministry on the incident that happened while the plane was flying over Odisha, the word “turbulence” was missing 

​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.