The Kerala police on Monday arrested Rahul Easwar, leader of the Ayyappa Dharma Sena (ADS), from a Government rest house in Palakkad.
A court in Ranni in Pathanamthitta had recently cancelled the bail accorded to Mr. Easwar in the high profile case relating to the attack on women journalists and pilgrims at Sabarimala in October.
A team from the South Police Station, Palakkad, took custody of Mr. Easwar. He was attending a meeting of Ayyappa Seva Sangham, an organisation involved in voluntary work at Sabarimala since the 1960s. The police said they would produce him in court soon.