Thiruvananthapuram: Two Students Federation of India (SFI) leaders, the prime accusedin the stabbing of a student inside the campus of the famed UniversityCollege here, were arrested Monday, police said. The accused, identified as R Sivaranjith and N Nazeem, were serving as the president and secretary respectively of the left student union's unit at the heritage college.

University College is popularlyknown as the red-fort of the ruling CPI(M). The two were in hiding for the last three days after a degree student had been stabbed on the chest inside the campus on July12, they said. Akhil, a third year Political Science student, was attacked and stabbed in broad daylight while sittingunder a tree along with friends. The incident was allegedly a sequel to a dispute between two groups of students belonging to the pro-CPI(M) students wing. The main accused duo were taken into custody from Kesavadasapuram here in mid night while they were on their way to a new hide out, police said. "Their arrest has been recorded and interrogation is going on," a police official told PTI. With this, the total number of SFI leaders arrested in the case has become six.