Pasheed came from Manyan Thottam on Thirumal Street, which turned out to be an arms godown of the fundamentalists. He was wanted by the special investigation team (SIT) of the crime branch. Following a tip-off, a special police team arrested Pasheed on Monday night. The accused is being interrogated in a secret place.

SIT sources, contacted by The Indian Express, neither confirmed nor denied information about the prize catch. City Police Commissioner K Radhakrishnan when contacted said, ``The city police are on the job of nabbing the accused and his associates.''

REMANDED : It may be recalled that the special investigation team of the crime branch, CID arrested a man, Salam, recently, who had said that during the combing operations on Thirumal Street by the police, he had escapedwith injuries, after handing over a revolver to his brother Abdul Rahim. Salam had got that revolver from Ayyappan of Sakkadu in Kerala.

Following this, the police launched a manhunt and arrested Abdul Rahim who confessed that he passed on the revolver to Abdul Rahman. SIT on Monday night arrested Abdul Rahman in an operation. A revolver with seven pellets have been seized from him.