Overview

• Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas granted Lakshmi Menon interim protection from arrest until September 17 as her anticipatory bail plea is considered.
• Ernakulam North Police have arrested and remanded Mithun, Aneesh and Sona Mol, and officials say Menon is among the accused under investigation.
• An FIR based on IT employee Aliyarsha Salim’s complaint states he was intercepted near the Ernakulam North Bridge on August 24, forced into a car, assaulted, and later released near Vedimara Junction.
• The case cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including 140(2) for kidnapping or abduction, 126 for wrongful restraint, 127(2) for wrongful confinement, 115(2) for voluntarily causing hurt, 351(2) for criminal intimidation, 296 for obscene acts, and 3(5) for common intention.
• Police are examining widely circulated footage that purportedly shows the group blocking the complainant’s car, and they are also probing a counter-complaint filed by Sona Mol.