KOTTAYAM: Police on Thursday arrested 25-year-old youth in connection with the Arun Kumar murder case.

Arun Kumar was murdered in November 2007 at Thiruvalla in Pathanamithitta by his 15-year-old cousin. Though the police never suspected the person the contradiction in his statements led a re-investigation of the case and his arrest.

Police said two friends of the accuse (whose names have been withheld) were also involved in the murder and will be arrested soon.