Woman locked up in Kochi flat, raped and assaulted repeatedly

Express News Service
KOCHI: An FIR registered in Kochi has revealed a story of torture and rape of a lady for greater than two weeks. The FIR based mostly on the 27-year-old designer’s criticism says she had been locked up in a flat at Marine Drive, raped repeatedly and subjected to torture together with bodily assault by her live-in companion and businessman Martin Joseph of Puttekkara in Thrissur from February 20 to March 8 this 12 months.

The Ernakulam Central police registered  the FIR on April 8 in opposition to Martin and introduced it earlier than the Judicial First Class Magistrate right here the identical day. The accused had overwhelmed her up with a belt, poured scorching water blended with chilli powder on her and ill-treated her bodily, the criticism alleged. Photos produced with the criticism present scars and burn marks on her physique. 

The criticism acknowledged that she and the accused had been in a live-in relationship from February 15, 2020. They had initially stayed in a flat at Kadavanthra and later moved to Marine Drive. She alleged the accused induced her to speculate Rs 5 lakh within the inventory market with which he did enterprise, promising her she would get a month-to-month return of Rs 40,000. But he didn’t repay the quantity. During the keep final 12 months, the accused allegedly abused her each bodily and mentally and in addition threatened to kill her. Finally, she left him in December 2020. Later, she got here again and stayed with him once more.

However, from February 20, 2021, to March 8, she had been confined within the flat and assaulted brutally. The accused raped her and took nude images and threatened to ship these to her dad and mom. The FIR acknowledged he had additionally beat her with a brush on a number of events. While dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of Martin on May 18, the Ernakulam Sessions Court noticed that the accused had manhandled the girl brutally.

“The nine photos show the torture suffered by the victim at the hands of the (accused). It is seen that she was brutally manhandled,” mentioned Additional Sessions Court Judge D Suresh Kumar whereas dismissing Martin’s bail plea.

HC ADJOURNS ANTICIPATORY BAIL PLEA OF ACCUSEDKochi: The High Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 11 the anticipatory bail plea of accused Martin Joseph. The Additional Sessions Court, Ernakulam, had earlier dismissed his bail plea on May 18. In his petition, Martin claimed he’s solely 26 and that the girl, who hid her marital standing from him initially, entered right into a live-in relationship with him. When their relationship turned strained, she filed a criticism alleging rape, he mentioned. Senior advocate P Vijayabhanu, Martin’s counsel, submitted the allegations had been false and that his consumer had no felony antecedents.

Martin mentioned neither had the girl given any cash to him nor had he promised to return something. In truth, he had been taking good care of her monetary wants and even paid her an quantity to pursue a beautician course in Bengaluru, he mentioned, including they determined to half methods amicably following the intervention of their pals. However, she filed a criticism for causes greatest recognized to her, he mentioned within the petition. He mentioned he was harmless and was falsely implicated.