Man arrested

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The Peroorkada police on Saturday arrested a person for attacking an inmate of the ladies hostel at Pappanamcode last month. Sreekanth, 26, had on January 8  robbed the student a chain worth one-and-a-half sovereigns. The accused confessed to the crime while being questioned in connection with another case in which he stole Rs 32,000 from a residence at Thittamangalam in Vattiyoorkavu. The police said that Sreekanth was an accused in around 32 cases in various stations.