[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil. File | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The husband of the woman who has accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil of rape has lodged a complaint against the legislator with the Kerala Chief Minister and the Director General of Police. In an emotionally written complaint, the complainant said his family was being targeted with […]
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[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: KK MUSTAFAH The Kerala Police have decided to combine the two rape case investigations against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil under a single State Police Crime Branch team headed by Assistant Inspector General (AIG) G. Poonguzhali. The move assumes significance against the backdrop of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan not ruling out […]
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[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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[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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[ad_1] Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil (file) | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The Kerala High Court on Saturday (December 6, 2025) gave interim protection from arrest to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him. Justice K. Babu said the court will hear Mr. Mamkootathil’s anticipatory bail plea on […]
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[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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[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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[ad_1] Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil (file) | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Thursday (December 4, 2025) expelled Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil from the party in a definitive attempt to draw a line under a serial sexual predation scandal that has haunted the United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition in Kerala […]
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[ad_1] Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The Principal Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday (December 3, 2024) posted the anticipatory bail plea filed by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the rape and coerced termination of pregnancy case for further hearing on Thursday (December 4, 2025). The court conducted the hearing, which lasted nearly […]
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[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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