Kochi: A 41-year-old madrassa teacher was arrested by Kalamassery police on Wednesday for allegedly sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl in Vattekkunnam, Ernakulam.
Man held for stealing: Kalamassery police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly stealing copper wires and other household materials worth around Rs 65,000, which had been stored for the construction of a house belonging to a Kalamassery native. At the hospital, the woman told the police that she lost an anklet weighing around one-and-a-half sovereigns.
Police said he was involved in several other theft cases. The case was registered at the Kalamassery police station under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The accused was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody. Sub-inspector Kabeer K Ismail and civil police officer Ameen A Razak, who were travelling in an Aluva police control room vehicle, rushed her to the hospital. The officers returned to the accident spot, searched the surrounding area and recovered the anklet lying on the road.
The arrest was made in Palakkad on Wednesday by a police team led by Kalamassery inspector AAL Abhilash. Police help accident victim recover lost anklet: Aluva police personnel came to the rescue of a woman injured in a road accident near Aluva govt hospital on Wednesday morning and later recovered her lost anklet.