KOLLAM: Two days after they escaped from police custody, the police on Tuesday morning nabbed a father-son duo from their rented house in Meppadi in Wayanad.
Kulathupuzha natives Syedali, 22, and his father Ayoob Khan, 60, were arrested after the local police managed to find their hideout. The two had escaped from police custody on Sunday morning while they were being brought back from Sulthan Bathery to Palode by Palode police after they were detained in connection with theft cases. The cops had arrested the two from a car.
After they managed to flee while they were freed from their handcuffs for answering the call of nature, the cops contacted Wayanad police seeking their help. The Wayanad police identified the house that the two had taken on rent in a remote area. It was from that house the two were taken into custody by 7 am, police sources said.
The two had escaped from police custody at Cherukulam in Kadakkal station limits on Sunday morning. The cops from Palode and Kadakkal stations could not trace them down, despite launching an extensive manhunt. There was information that they were spotted on Sunday evening at the Kottukkal agro farm. It is an extensively spread out agricultural area, which has got thickets as well, but the search did not yield any results.
The duo, meanwhile, managed to flee the place and moved to safety. Ayoob had worked as a private bus conductor and knew the place well. His first marriage was with a woman who hailed from an area close to the place where he had escaped. It was his knowledge of the place that helped them successfully evade the police dragnet.