Overview

• Police registered the case under BNS sections 78(2) for stalking and 352 for criminal intimidation, along with Kerala Police Act section 120(o).
• The FIR has been submitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate Court.
• Officers said none of the alleged victims has filed a complaint, with the FIR initiated after a Child Rights Commission notice and other third‑party petitions.
• Investigators traced a suspected abortion to a Bengaluru hospital and plan to record the woman’s statement, with a second incident still under verification.
• The Crime Branch recorded the deposition of Advocate Shino and indicated it may question journalists, and Mamkootathil has resigned his Youth Congress post and is reported suspended by the party.