Kochi: Police arrested an RSS activist Krishnan Nair for issuing life threat to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through Facebook.

He was arrested in New Delhi while coming from Abu Dhabi. Nair, who was employed in an oil company in Abu Dhabi, was dismissed by his employers after they came to know about the controversy.

Even the Abu Dhabi police alerted Kerala police of his travel details. He also made vulgar remarks about Pinarayi’s family some time back. The police had been trying to locate Nair employed at Abu Dhabi.