Kochi (PTI): The CBI on Wednesday arrested two priests in the Sister Abhaya murder case.

The arrests of Father Thomas M Kottur and Father Dr E Jose Puthrikayil was recorded by the CBI on Wednesday.

They will be produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Ernakulam.

This is the first arrest in the case relating to Sister Abhaya, a nun of the St Pius convent at Kottayam who was murdered 16 years ago.