KOCHI: The Kalamassery police have arrested a 25-year-old woman for verbally abusing an autorickshaw driver and some local residents in an inebriated state.
The accused was identified as Rafeena Rafeeq. According to the police, the incident happened around 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The woman, settled in Qatar, was on a short visit to Kerala along with her family.
The police said Rafeena, under the influence of alcohol, had a fight with her husband, following which she hired an autorickshaw for Kalamassery. Upon reaching the destination, she picked a quarrel with the driver. She also abused some local residents who tried to intervene. During an examination, the police recovered a small quantity of ganja from her.
The police registered a case against Rafeena under Sections 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 294B (using obscene words), 20 B (2A) (possession of narcotic substance) of the IPC. She was produced before a local court which remanded her to judicial custody.
