Tag: Kerala Police

Nun rape case: Bishop’s bail plea rejected, sent to 3-day police custody

Bishop Franco Mulakkal was on Friday arrested in Kochi after three consecutive days of interrogation by the state police.

September 22, 2018

Hours after arrest, Bishop Franco complains of chest pain, hospitalised

Bishop Franco Mulakkal was arrested on Friday over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun.

September 22, 2018

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping Kerala nun, arrested

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun was on Friday arrested in Kochi after three consecutive days of interrogation by the state police, sources said.

September 21, 2018

Kerala Police questions rape-accused bishop for 7 hours

Kerala Police questioned Bishop Franco Mulakkal for seven hours on Wednesday. Mulakkal is accused of raping a nun.

September 19, 2018

Kerala Police finally summons Bishop accused of raping nun

After days of protest by nuns, the Kerala Police finally summoned Bishop Franco Mullakal of Jalandhar diocese to appear before the investigating team on 19 September.

September 12, 2018

Editor’s Guild condemns FIR against journalist by Kerala police

The Editor’s Guild of India condemned on Monday the registration of an FIR against Mathrubhumi TV news anchor Venu Balakrishnan by the Kerala police on charges of promoting communal enmity.

July 9, 2018

Kerala govt to stop orderly duty system in police force

The assurance from the CM comes in the wake of alleged manhandling of a police driver by the daughter of an ADGP-rank officer

June 18, 2018

Arrest of theatre owner: Kerala CM seeks report from DGP

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the government would examine the legality of the case registered by police against the owner of a theatre in Malappuram, where a minor girl was molested by a businessman on April 18. The theatre owner Satheesh, who exposed the incident by handing over visuals to Childline, was …

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June 5, 2018

Foul play unlikely in Latvian tourist’s death: Kerala Police

The Kerala Police said on Sunday night that a preliminary inquiry into the death of Latvian woman tourist — whose decomposed body was found near Kovalam on Saturday — does not suggest any foul play. “There are no injuries to her body parts. But, the exact reason of the death can be established only after …

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April 23, 2018

Kerala Police arrest 2 in tribal youth murder case

The Kerala Police on Friday arrested two of the seven suspects in the killing of a “mentally unfit” tribal youth a day ago, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The 27-year-old Adivasi youth, who was said to be “not of sound mind”, was beaten to death here by a lynch mob which had accused him of …

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February 23, 2018

Vijayan asked to break silence on Congress worker’s murder

The Congress in Kerala on Friday asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to break his silence on the brutal murder of a Youth Congress worker by suspected CPI-M men in Kannur. The Youth Congress worker, Shoaib, 30, was allegedly stabbed 48 times, on Monday night. The Kannur Congress unit blamed the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) …

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February 16, 2018

Year-old body of woman found in plastic barrel in Kerala

In what’s believed to be a first of its kind incident, the Kerala Police on Monday found a woman’s body sealed in a plastic barrel filled with concrete near here. According to Kochi City Police Commissioner M.P. Dinesh, who was present when the plastic barrel was broken open, bones were recovered from the barrel. But, …

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January 8, 2018

Three women killed in bridge collapse in Kerala

An old foot-over bridge across a lake collapsed on Monday, killing three women while 30 others were injured, at the Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) compound here. The bodies of two women were fished out from the lake in the evening, while one was found in the morning. The bridge connected two units of …

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October 30, 2017

Kerala Police confirms detained men had IS-links

Five Muslim men arrested here have links to the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the Kerala Police confirmed on Friday. The five men revealed about their links with the IS during interrogation, a police official Said. “These men were in Turkey. Their arrest did not happen overnight, instead, we have been questioning them on and …

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October 27, 2017

Kerala Police arrest two more ‘IS recruiters’

The Kerala Police here on Thursday arrested two Muslim youths who are alleged to be the local recruiters for the Islamic State (IS) terror group. With this, the total number of arrests has reached five, with three being arrested on Wednesday by the police in Valapatanam. All five arrested had returned from Turkey not long …

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October 26, 2017

Three arrested in Kerala for suspected IS links

Three persons suspected of having links with the terror group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Kannur in Kerala on Wednesday, police said. According to a police officer, the suspects allegedly had links with the IS as they were in Turkey recently. A police officer on the condition of anonymity said the three men are …

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October 25, 2017

RSS worker hacked, critically injured: Police

An RSS worker was today hacked, allegedly by CPI(M) workers, at Muzhuppilangad near Thalassery in the politically volatile Kannur district of Kerala. According to the police, the condition of Nidesh (28), the RSS worker, was critical and he had been shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital. He had suffered injuries on his hands and …

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October 15, 2017