Kerala: Congress councillor of Kannur Corporation arrested in sexual harassment case
A top police officer of the district told a private media house that PV Krishnakumar, a Congress councillor in the Kannur corporation, was arrested on Tuesday night, 9 August, from his hideout in Bengaluru by a Kerala police team.
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Bengaluru, August 10: In a major development, Kerala police have finally arrested a Congress councilor in a sexual assault case. Kerala police have arrested him from Karnataka, where he was hiding for the last two weeks.
A top police officer of the district told a private media house that PV Krishnakumar, a Congress councillor in the Kannur corporation, was arrested on Tuesday night, 9 August, from his hideout in Bengaluru by a Kerala police team.
The councillor was allegedly absconding ever since a case was lodged against him for alleged sexual assault, under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), of a woman employee of a women's cooperative bank reportedly controlled by Congress.
When the case was lodged last month on the woman's complaint, Krishnakumar had gone into hiding, they said.
Subsequently, it sent out teams to neighbouring states to find out where he was hiding and finally he was traced to Bengaluru. He would be produced before a court during the day, they added.
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