The main accused in the Paul Muthoot George murder case was arrested at Payippad in Alappuzha district, Kerala [ Images ] police said.

Police closed in on Kari Satheesh, suspected to have stabbed the 32-year-old executive director of Kerala-based Muthoot M George group on Saturday last, a day after it arrested 11 persons, all belonging to a gang, for their alleged involvement in the case.

According to the police, George was murdered by the gang on 'sudden provocation' following a scuffle after his car hit and injured a motorcyclist on the Alappuzha-Changanassery road.

The investigating team, headed by IGP Winson M Paul, discounted the possibility of the murder being the result of a pre-planned attack.

The gangsters, who were on their way to execute an 'operation', found George and two others -- Omprakash and Rajesh Puthenpalam -- at a deserted spot on the road.