Karunagapally , Feb 18: Two men were arrested by the Ochira police on Friday on charge of attacking a young couple on the Azheekkal beach, near Karunagapally, on Valentine’s Day.
The couple had on Friday morning lodged a complaint with City Police Commissioner S. Satheesh Bino.
The Ochira police took six men into custody in connection with the incident.
The couple identified two among them. The remaining four were let off. Mr. Bino said that as per the complaint of the couple, three more men are involved in the incident. The arrested duo was identified as Abilash and Biju.
Mr. Bino said they were arrested under Indian Penal Code Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354-C (capturing the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being observed either by the perpetrator or by any other person at the behest of the perpetrator) 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means).
The police said the male victim of the incident was a native of Palakkad and a staff on the Amritapuri campus of Amrita University. The woman hailed from Sooranad.
They alleged that they were assaulted on the beach and the incident was videographed. The clippings were later circulated on social media by the culprits.
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