Overview

• Police say an IT employee was allegedly intercepted near the Ernakulam North bridge after a bar dispute on the night of August 24–25 and later dropped near the Aluva–Paravur (Vedimara) junction.
• Three co-accused — Mithun, Aneesh and Sonamol — have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, and Menon has been named among the accused in the probe.
• The FIR cites multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, including kidnapping/abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
• Video clips purporting to show Menon at the scene and blocking a car have circulated, though outlets note the footage has not been independently verified as police examine it.
• One of the arrested, Sona Mol, has filed a counter-complaint against the complainant and his friends, and police say both versions are being investigated.