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After a mates of unsuccessful attempts, the constabulary yet outmanouvered Palakkad’s young MLA, Rahul Mamkootathil. His apprehension marked the decision of a swift and highly secretive operation, meticulously designed to permission nary loopholes.
Surveillance camera footages person since surfaced capturing 5 constabulary officers taking Mr. Mamkootathil into custody from the hotel.
Interestingly, the constabulary this clip arrested Mr. Mamkootathil from the precise aforesaid edifice that had earlier been astatine the centre of a “midnight raid controversy” during the Palakkad byelection successful November 2024, a fiasco that had near the constabulary embarrassed aft their midnight raids connected 2 Congress women leaders yielded nothing.
Discreet operation
This time, however, the constabulary had the past laugh. The operation, linked to a recently filed intersexual harassment complaint, was carried retired with utmost secrecy. After Mr. Mamkootathil’s accomplishment astatine Palakkad, constabulary kept a discreet ticker implicit him.
The constabulary began preparations to instrumentality him into custody successful the evening. By 10 p.m., the district’s elder officers were unreachable by phone. Around midnight, a squad led by the Shoranur DySP N. Muraleedharan arrived astatine KPM Regency. They seized the phones of the edifice unit astatine the reception and moved guardant lone aft confirming that Mr. Mamkootathil’s operator and adjunct had gone out.
Around 12.15 a.m., the constabulary reached country 2002, wherever the MLA was staying. Despite knocking, helium did not unfastened the door. It was lone aft the officers informed him that they had travel to formally spot him successful custody that the doorway was opened.
The apprehension was formally recorded, and wrong 15 minutes, each procedures were completed. Both keys to country 2002 are present held by the police. Police sources said the country is nether surveillance. The MLA’s idiosyncratic belongings, including his laptop and mobile phone, remained wrong the room.
The cognition was known lone to a fewer elder constabulary officers, including State Police Chief Ravada A. Chandrasekhar and caput of the peculiar probe squad G. Poonguzhali.
The constabulary had believed that the archetypal 2 intersexual maltreatment cases against Mr. Mamkootathil would beryllium capable to apprehension him. However, his calculated moves and timely tribunal interventions had thwarted the constabulary plans.
With their earlier attempts having failed, the constabulary were near waiting for different opportunity, and 1 arrived connected January 5 successful the signifier of a caller ailment sent to the DGP via Email. From that moment, a highly confidential cognition was acceptable successful motion. Initial meetings progressive lone the DGP, ADGP H. Venkatesh and Ms. Poonguzhali.
Shortly aft filing an FIR, the DGP instructed the quality squad to way Mr. Mamkootathil’s movements. His beingness successful Palakkad was soon confirmed. The Shoranur DySP was called successful to assist.
The constabulary deliberately timed the cognition for midnight to minimise media attention.
