Kerala Police have launched an all-out manhunt for absconding Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who disappeared the moment a young woman registered a chilling complaint accusing him of repeated rape and forcibly terminating her pregnancy. With the Additional District and Sessions Court set to hear his anticipatory bail plea on Wednesday, investigators are working round-the-clock to locate and arrest him before he can secure legal protection.

On Sunday, multiple teams descended on the MLA’s luxury apartment in Palakkad, the exact location where the survivor claims she was confined and sexually assaulted over two consecutive days in the last week of May. Forensic units collected potential evidence while technicians examined CCTV systems, only to discover that the building’s cameras automatically overwrite footage after thirty days, erasing any chance of direct visual proof of the alleged crime.

Investigators have taken the MLA’s personal staff into prolonged questioning, seized his call detail records, and are now tracing digital footprints, bank transactions, and mobile tower locations in an attempt to pinpoint his hideout. Police have pulled CCTV footage from toll plazas, fuel stations, and key junctions across Palakkad and neighbouring districts to reconstruct the route he may have taken while fleeing.

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Intelligence wings report that Rahul Mamkootathil is likely being sheltered by a close circle of political loyalists, prompting discreet surveillance of several senior Congress functionaries known to enjoy his trust. Sources confirm that certain party leaders earlier seen coordinating his public events are now under technical and physical monitoring for possible complicity in helping the accused evade arrest.

Meanwhile, the probe team has obtained crucial medical records from two private hospitals where the complainant was rushed with severe bleeding and complications following the forced abortion. These documents, along with the survivor’s statement, will be placed before the court during the bail hearing, as police race against time to ensure the accused MLA faces trial rather than pre-arrest relief.

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