The Varkala police on Thursday arrested a youth in connection with the alleged suicide of a minor girl three months ago.
The police identified the accused as John, 28, of Anjuthengu. He has been arrested in connection with the death of a minor who allegedly committed suicide in Varkala on January 20. The doctors who had conducted the post-mortem later confirmed through chemical examination that the victim had been subjected to repeated sexual assault.
Upon a comprehensive probe, it had came to light that the accused had befriended the victim and also managed to gift her a mobile phone without the knowledge of her parents. Later, he purportedly subjected the victim to sexual assault on multiple instances.
The accused allegedly revealed to the police that he had assaulted the victim a short while before she had committed suicide by jumping in a well in her courtyard.
Flees locality
Following the incident, John managed to flee from the locality and later managed to find work in the Beypore and Munambam fishing harbours. Sensing that the investigating team was hot on his trail, he fled from the region and later shifted base to Kanyakumari where he has been working in a fishing boat until his arrest.
During the period, he constantly changed his SIM cards in a bid to evade getting located.
He was arrested by a team led by Varkala Inspector station house officer Gopakumar.
The accused has been remanded to judicial custody after being produced at the District Court.
