A Congress leader has been arrested on Sunday (October 05, 2025) in Pulpalli in Wayanad district for implicating a member of his own party in a false case. An official has given this information on Sunday. The arrested leader is alleged to have allegedly kept explosives and liquor at his residence to trap a member of his own party.
The arrested leader has been identified as Anish Mambalil (35), who is the leader of the Congress from Mullankoli Panchayat near Pulpalli. According to the police, Mambalil was hidden in Kushalnagar, Karnataka for several weeks, which was later detained. He was brought to Wayanad on Sunday, where the process of his formal arrest was completed.
20 packet banned liquor and 15 explosives seized
The case is on 23 August, when the police arrested Augustine alias Thankachan (54) after seizing 20 packets of banned liquor and 15 explosives imported from Karnataka from his house. Such explosives are locally called thutta, which are used for fishing.
Augustine claimed that someone else had explosives and liquor, but was initially sent to judicial custody. Augustine is also a Congress leader. The investigation revealed that Augustine was implicated in a false case.
The smuggler committed suicide
This banned material was allegedly Prasad P.S. Had kept within the party due to factionalism. After this, the police arrested Prasad and Augustine was released on the basis of a report filed in the court. During interrogation, Prasad confessed that explosives and liquor were kept at Augustine’s house on Mambalil’s instructions. After Prasad’s arrest, Mumbalil hid.
The incident took a tragic turn when Jose Neledam, a member of the Mulankalli Gram Panchayat, committed suicide a few days after the release of Augustine, who reportedly informed the police about smuggling goods.
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