Overview

• The Crime Branch registered and submitted the FIR to the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate Court after taking up the case suo motu on third‑party complaints and a Child Rights Commission notice.
• Provisions cited include BNS section 78(2) on stalking along with criminal intimidation provisions and Kerala Police Act section 120(o).
• The FIR alleges harassment over social media, threatening messages, and coercion related to abortions, with alleged victims recorded as aged 18 to 60.
• Police say none of the women has filed a direct complaint and that statements will be recorded if evidence is produced.
• Investigators have taken a complainant’s deposition and collected information from a Bengaluru hospital linked to an alleged abortion, while the MLA has resigned as Youth Congress president and is reported suspended from the party.