A sub-inspector from Kerala’s Ernakulam central station who was additional in charge was arrested for intimidating and sexually assaulting a housewife at Mulanthuruthy in Ernakulam district. The arrested was identified as Babu Mathew and he was on suspension.
The Mulanthuruthy police had registered a case against Babu Mathew a month back based on a complaint filed by the 37-year-old woman to the Kochi DCP Poonguzhali. The complaint states that Babu Mathew had sexually assaulted her for over an year when he was additional SI at the Mulanthuruthy police station.
Babu Mathew had gone absconding the moment a case was registered against him and tried to seek anticipatory bail. But as his bail did not happen, he reached the station the other day and surrendered.
As per reports, the ‘friendship’ between the SI and the woman started during a vehicle inspection time and the woman was asked to pay fine for a traffic violation. The woman said that she would reach the station and pay fine. On reaching the station the SI befriended her and in this context he started visiting her house regularly.
On one instance, the SI had barged into her room when she was changing clothes and touched her inappropriately. The SI was threatening her not to reveal about the incident and was the intimidation was going on for one year, she states in her complaint.
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