Overview
- The BJP removed Ernakulam Yuva Morcha general secretary Gopu Paramasivan, 32, from primary membership following his arrest by Kochi city police.
- Maradu police booked him under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for attempted murder, outraging a woman's modesty, and causing hurt, including with a dangerous weapon.
- According to the FIR, the incident on November 20 followed a dispute over a helmet, after which he allegedly assaulted his live-in partner and tried to strangle her with an electric cable.
- Police said he had filed a missing-person complaint after the woman left the residence, and officers traced her and recorded her statement before summoning and arresting him.
- Investigators note the pair had lived together since May 2021, and the woman alleged a pattern of abuse over four years and a grudge related to her brief stay with her husband and children.