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Kerala HC Halts Arrest of Expelled MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Until Bail Hearing

The order prevents police custody until the anticipatory bail plea is heard on December 15.

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.