Overview

• Police detained the 27-year-old in Kollur, Karnataka, roughly 600 km from Alappuzha, about two weeks after the pair went missing.
• She was booked under the POCSO Act, produced before the Cherthala First Class Magistrate, and remanded to Kottarakkara jail.
• The 17-year-old was brought back to Alappuzha and handed over to his parents.
• Investigators say key questions remain over possible sexual abuse, any coercion involved, and how long the relationship had been ongoing.
• Officers traced the group after a WhatsApp message from Kollur to a relative, following unsuccessful searches in Bengaluru and the woman’s avoidance of her phone.