Kerala Court Extends Judicial Custody of Expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

Overview

• Mamkootathil was produced at the residence of Pathanamthitta magistrate Anjali Devi and sent to the Mavelikkara sub-jail after his three-day police custody ended.
• The Special Investigation Team probing multiple complaints did not move to extend his custody, prompting the court to order judicial remand.
• A bail petition filed by his counsel is listed for hearing before the Thiruvalla first-class judicial magistrate on Friday.
• The latest FIR, based on a complaint by a Kottayam native now in Canada, invokes IPC sections 376 and 506(1) and includes her video-conference statement.
• The expelled Congress MLA faces additional allegations in two earlier cases where the High Court restricted arrest, while protests continued and an aide shared unverified WhatsApp screenshots challenging the complaint’s timing.