During the reporting period (01\u201331 August 2026), Kerala-related reports included POCSO and sexual-abuse cases involving minors, sexual assault and harassment of women, domestic and family-related violence, attacks in public places and institutions, suspicious deaths, cyber-enabled abuse involving private and morphed images, and offences affecting elderly women. Several reports also concerned court decisions and police action in previously registered cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A significant pattern during August was the continued reporting of sexual offences involving children and adolescents. Reports included the abduction of a 16-year-old girl in Kozhikode, the Pathanamthitta case in which police registered seven separate POCSO FIRs against seven men over alleged repeated abuse of a Class 10 student, a case involving a 17-year-old in Kozhikode, and the death of a 16-year-old student in Kumily that led to police action. Later in the month, a 14-year-old girl in Kasaragod was allegedly sexually assaulted by an autorickshaw driver, while a 21-year-old man in Kottayam was arrested after allegedly posing as an IPS officer on Instagram to befriend and sexually assault a minor. The Kerala High Court also upheld a 10-year sentence in a POCSO case involving a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Domestic and family-related violence was another recurring concern. August reports included a woman in Ranni who alleged that her husband assaulted her, a young woman in Kannur who suffered burn injuries following an alleged attack by her husband, an alleged attempt by a husband in Thiruvananthapuram to set his wife and daughter on fire, and the death of a woman in Malappuram whose decomposed body was found near the Neerpuzha river, after which her husband was taken into custody. A 62-year-old woman in Thiruvananthapuram was also allegedly attacked by her nephew. A separate Kannur case concerned the death of a 20-year-old woman, with her family alleging that she had experienced physical abuse after marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sexual harassment and assault were reported in several public and institutional settings. A woman alleged sexual assault while travelling on a KSRTC bus in Malappuram, while another KSRTC-related case in Kozhikode resulted in the arrest of a man after a woman passenger complained of sexual assault. A man was arrested in Kochi after an alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman who was sleeping alone in her apartment. Police also arrested a man in connection with allegations that he targeted women living alone in the Alathur area. Other reports involved alleged sexual misconduct toward women on a train, the alleged sexual assault of a woman by a police Sub-Inspector in Kollam, and an assault involving a nurse and security guard at Kundara Taluk Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technology-facilitated abuse was an important part of the month\u2019s coverage. In Kasaragod, a man was booked for allegedly morphing photographs of young women into nude images and sharing them through Telegram groups. In Kollam, a woman alleged that her husband secretly photographed her and their four-year-old daughter and attempted to sell the images online. In Thiruvananthapuram, police arrested a person following allegations concerning derogatory and sexually suggestive AI-generated content targeting women. Another Kannur case involved a complaint that a woman had been secretly filmed while bathing, with police sending the seized phone for forensic examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The month also included serious violence and deaths involving women. A woman active in public affairs in North Paravur was allegedly lured to a house and murdered. A 14-year-old girl in Ernakulam was found dead at home, with police investigating the circumstances. A woman in Thiruvananthapuram, identified in the report as Soumya, died after suffering severe burn injuries in a house-fire incident in Nedumangad. In Thrissur, police arrested five men who were allegedly plotting to murder a female spa employee at her hostel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elderly women appeared in several August reports. In Thrissur, two women were arrested for allegedly deceiving an elderly woman and taking gold and cash from her. In Ottapalam, a young man was arrested after an elderly woman alleged that he entered her home, assaulted her and attempted to sexually assault her. In Kollam, a 59-year-old man was arrested after a 75-year-old woman allegedly faced an attempted sexual assault. These cases show that the month\u2019s coverage included both violence and exploitation affecting older women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police and judicial action featured prominently throughout August. Police registered cases and made arrests in several alleged sexual offences, domestic-violence incidents, assaults and cybercrime cases. The Kerala High Court considered multiple sexual-assault and POCSO matters, including a ruling upholding a conviction and 10-year sentence in a case involving a minor. The High Court also considered proceedings connected with the 2017 actress assault case and a dowry-cruelty case. The Supreme Court issued a ruling in a domestic-violence matter arising from a Kerala case, while a Kozhikode POCSO case resulted in an acquittal after the court found that the evidence did not establish sexual assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","class_list":["post-3745","team_report","type-team_report","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_report\/3745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_report"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}