Overview
- Interim relief applies to the first Nemom FIR alleging rape, coerced miscarriage, criminal intimidation and an IT Act privacy offence.
- A Thiruvananthapuram sessions court rejected his pre-arrest bail on December 4, noting the seriousness of the charges and the need for custodial interrogation.
- Police say the Palakkad MLA has been absconding for over a week, with a lookout circular issued and searches widened to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
- A Crime Branch FIR based on a second complaint is under an SIT led by AIG G. Poonguzhali, with investigators tracing the complainant and pursuing digital and circumstantial evidence.
- After securing interim protection in the first case, Mamkootathil moved a sessions court for anticipatory bail in the second case as the Congress’s Kerala unit maintains his expulsion.