Kerala police arrested a 34-year old panchayat member and her accomplice for allegedly trying to trap her husband in a drug case so that she could carry on her relationship with another man who is a non-resident Indian (NRI).
The local body member Soumya conspired with her friend and planted five grams of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, in her husband Sunil’s motorbike.
On February 22, the police said they got a tip-off that Sunil’s two-wheeler contained the contraband and seized it, the police told PTI
Investigations revealed that Sunil was innocent, they said.
Further acting on the clues from their informant, the police said they found out that the person who planted the drug was Soumya’s friend. He was arrested on the basis of the call records which revealed that he was in touch with the NRI who was identified as Vinod Rajendran (43).
Also, it came to light that the NRI was in contact with Soumya. When interrogated, she confessed to the crime, they said.
The police said they have arrested also the man who supplied the MDMA.
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