Overview
- Police arrested the expelled Congress MLA around midnight from a Palakkad hotel and shifted him to Pathanamthitta for questioning by the Special Investigation Team.
- A magistrate ordered 14 days’ judicial custody after prosecutors argued he could influence witnesses and tamper with evidence, and the court declined to hear an immediate bail plea.
- The latest case was filed by a Pathanamthitta native now in Canada, who gave a video statement alleging rape, a coerced abortion and financial exploitation.
- Investigators report electronic communications, medical and DNA material, and financial transaction records; the hotel room was sealed and devices were seized for forensic examination.
- The SIT is probing all three cases as the Congress has expelled him, and Assembly authorities are seeking legal opinion on potential disqualification before the Budget Session.