Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil gets anticipatory bail in second rape case

[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The Principal Sessions Judge, Thiruvananthapuram, S. Nazeera, on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) granted Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil anticipatory bail in the case concerning the alleged rape of a young woman after “inviting her to a homestay at Adoor in Pathanamthitta district to discuss marriage in 2023”. […]

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan says HC staying Rahul Mamkootathil’s arrest is ‘a routine judicial process’

[ad_1] Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during ‘Vote Vibe’ organised by the Thrissur Press Club on Saturday (December 6, 2025) | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday (December 6, 2025) dismissed allegations that the police deliberately avoided arresting Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, saying the High Court’s temporary stay on the arrest […]

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan accuses Congress leaders of shielding Rahul Mamkootathil amid allegations of sexual misconduct

[ad_1] Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a press meet at the Ernakulam Press Club on Friday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday (December 5, 2025) slammed the Congress leadership for what he termed as “the act of some leaders protecting” Rahul Mamkootathil, the Congress legislator who is on the run […]

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AIG Poonguzhali to supervise probe in second rape case against Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The Kerala Police have tapped Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Kerala Coastal Police, G. Poonguzhali, to supervise the Crime Branch team investigating the second rape case filed against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil.  Officials said the move assumes significance against the backdrop of the possibility of more comparable “me-too” […]

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YouTuber Rahul Easwar remanded to police custody amid support for rape accused MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

[ad_1] Rahul Easwar | Photo Credit: PTI A district court in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) remanded YouTuber Rahul Easwar to police custody till Thursday (December 4, 2025).  Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Elsa Catherine George had earlier remanded Mr. Easwar to judicial custody after the Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police arrested the right-wing activist […]

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Rape investigation against Mamkootathil gathers pace as police inspect his residence in Palakkad

[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The high-profile investigation into the accusations of rape and coerced termination of pregnancy against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appeared to gather pace on Sunday (November 30, 2025), with plainclothes officers inspecting the legislator’s residence in his constituency.  The police also reportedly recorded the statement of the doctors who […]

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Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil’s presence at ASHAs’ agitation raises eyebrows; sparks political theatre

[ad_1] Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil interacts with agitating ASHAs in front of the government secretariat on November 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who was suspended from the Congress following allegations of serial sexual misconduct, made his presence felt at the conclusion of the 266-day-long sit-in protest by a section […]

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Rahul Mamkootathil attends public function in Palakkad amid DYFI, BJP threats

[ad_1] Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah Rahul Mamkootathil, the beleaguered MLA of Palakkad, attended his first public function in seven weeks in his constituency on Sunday (October 5, 2025) night when he flagged off a KSRTC AC bus service to Bengaluru. It is the first KSRTC AC bus service from […]

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SFI steps up protest against Kerala legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, blocks his car outside MLA quarters

[ad_1] Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil leaving the Kerala Assembly after the session on Monday (September 15, 2025) | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) signalled on Monday (September 15, 2025) that it would ratchet up its continuing street agitation against Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, who is facing accusations of sexual misconduct. […]

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Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appears at Kerala Assembly, ends self-imposed political exile amid sexual misconduct charges

[ad_1] Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil leaving the Kerala Assembly after the session on Monday (September 15, 2025) | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil arrived at the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday (September 15, 2025), seemingly marking the end of his self-imposed political exile following accusations of sexual misconduct that had kept him […]

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