The city police have registered a case of rape against two persons on the basis of a complaint given by a 23-year-old resident of an orphanage run by a religious trust in Peroorkada police station limits.
Circle Inspector, Peroorkada, G.K. Ajith Kumar said the police were yet to make any arrest. The complainant had given a statement accusing her stepfather and another man of sexually exploiting her. The police were verifying the woman's claims. She had moved the State Police Women Cell.
Mr. Ajith said the police had registered a First Information Report under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with the incident.
Murder: two held
The Peroorkada police have arrested two persons, including a police constable attached to the City Police Armed Reserve Battalion, in connection with the murder of a 37-year-old man at Vattiyoorkavu on Tuesday night.
They identified the suspects as constable Pradeep Kumar and his brother-in-law Shaju Kumar. The police said that the victim, Sharavanan, was Shaju's neighbour. He was in the habit of creating a ruckus in the neighbourhood when drunk. Investigators said Pradeep Kumar and Shaju Kumar, incensed by Sharavanan's riotous behaviour, assaulted him. Forensic doctors who examined Sharavanan's body found that he had died from internal bleeding. They told investigators that Sharavanan had possibly sustained a hard kick above his groin. The accused were produced before court and remanded in judicial custody.
