Kozhikode: The drunk man who was kicked and forced to alight from the Maveli Express the other day has been arrested.
The victim of police highhandedness Ponnan Shameer, was nabbed from Kozhikode Link Road on Wednesday.
Shameer, a history-sheeter, has at least five criminal cases registered at Koothuparamba and Mahe stations, including a cases of harassing a minor girl, the police have said.
The police had arrived at his home in Koothuparamba on Tuesday to verify his identity.
Shameer had been forced to get down at the Vadakara Railway Station.
On Monday, police sub-inspector, MC Pramod, who kicked Shameer inside the Maveli Express was suspended.
The incident that was caught on camera by a passenger had later been shared on social media.
A female passenger had also alleged that Shameer had misbehaved with women on board the train.
