Four including Chota Rajan aide held

A police team led by Kanhangad DySP Habeeb Rehman has arrested four persons and seized a revolver, two knives and three mobile handsets.

One of them, Cyril Mathew, a resident of Kottayam, is said to be an associate of Chota Rajan. He is said to have been involved in bank robberies at Andheri and Rathnagiri.The other three are M Abdul Latheef from Kumble, K Naushad from Kutyadi and Rameshan from Kannur.

The four were planning to rob railway passengers near Kanhangad railway station when they were nabbed by the police.