Suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil has been accused of repeatedly raping a woman even after learning she was pregnant with his child, according to a police FIR registered in Thiruvananthapuram. The complainant alleges that the assaults continued at her apartment and the MLA’s apartments in March, April and May this year, despite her visible pregnancy, and that he later coerced her into terminating it.

The FIR details that on 17 March, Mamkoottathil recorded private videos of the woman and threatened to make them public if she disclosed their relationship. It states that he raped her again on 22 April at her residence and over two consecutive days in late May at his Palakkad flat. On 30 May, his close associate Joby Joseph allegedly handed her abortion pills inside a car, after which Mamkoottathil forced her to swallow them against her will.

Charges invoked include repeated rape, rape of a pregnant woman, rape by a person in authority, causing miscarriage without consent, criminal intimidation, and violation of privacy laws under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. Both accused are charged with joint criminal liability. A special investigation team has been formed and a lookout circulars issued as the two men remain absconding.

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The case surfaced after the complainant directly approached Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday. Following her preliminary statement at the rural police headquarters, Nemom police re-registered the FIR transferred from Valiyamala station. On Friday afternoon, her confidential statement under Section 164 was recorded before a Judicial First Class Magistrate in Neyyattinkara.

With intense political pressure mounting in Kerala, the Congress party has already suspended Mamkoottathil from all posts. As the manhunt continues and forensic examination of evidence begins, the case has triggered widespread outrage and renewed scrutiny of power dynamics involving elected representatives.

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