Police arrest youth who went naked to rob, abuse women

KOTTARAKKARA: A youth, who used to appear naked in houses and molested women, was arrested by police on Wednesday. Ippalloor Mukalil house resident Reju (23) was arrested by the Special squad of Rural SP.
Earlier, he has got arrested in POCSO cases and chain snatching cases. There have been instances wherein he went around naked during night hours, hid in the bathrooms of houses where only women and their daughters lived and molested or robbed them.
When women raised their voices, he used to cover the face and flee the spot. When the residents got fed up with him, they installed CCTV cameras around their houses.
The police were able to identify him from the CCTV visuals and carry out his arrest. The police said that Reju had earlier got arrested for abusing a minor girl. He had escaped from police custody then.


He had also been arrested in a case in which he attacked a retired police officer’s daughter and snatched her chain.

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