3 held for assault on Sabarimala priest

KOCHI: Three persons, including a woman, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a complaint filed by one of the supreme priests of Sabarimala, who had alleged that he was manhandled and photographed with a woman.

Police DIG K Padmakumar said that Sobha John, one of the witness turned accused in the case, was one among those arrested.

In his complaint, the Thantri, Kandararu Mohanaru, alleged that he was manhandled and photographed with a woman on July 23 in a flat at Kochi by a six member gang.

The Thantri had in his complaint stated that he had gone to the flat belonging to Shobha John in search of a servant.

Soon after he reached the flat, he was allegedly manhandled and photographed, he had stated.  The two others arrested were Vigil and Anil Kumar, two drivers of the woman, police sources said.

 The drivers had helped in arranging and bringing into the flat the six-member gang, the sources stated.