Kochi: Actor Siddique, who is absconding in the rape case, may approach the Supreme Court today seeking anticipatory bail. Against this, survivors filed a stay petition in the Supreme Court. The state has also decided to file a stay petition against Siddique’s bail plea. The government is tightening its stance against Siddique.

It was decided to arrest Siddique after the High Court rejected his anticipatory bail application on Tuesday. But till now the investigation team has not been able to find Siddique. There are indications that Siddique’s vehicle was spotted in Alappuzha. Searches were conducted late at night at relatives’ houses and hotels, but to no avail. The investigation team is in the process of expanding the investigation to other states.

An engine part of a lorry was found in Shirur. A scooter and pieces of wood were found as part of the search conducted by Ishwar Malpay and his team for the past few days. Since yesterday, the dredger has been brought and the search is being carried out. It is not possible to find out which lorry’s metal part is without the help of technical experts. Divers have been searching with the dredger since morning.

The logs were found yesterday in the same area where the engine was found. The lorry owner Manaf had also confirmed that the logs found were the same logs that were in Arjun’s lorry. The engine part has now been pulled out using a crane. But now it is clear that the engine part found belongs to a Tata lorry and not Arjun’s lorry.

Elamakara gang-rape victim girl also arrested. The Bangladeshi girl was arrested for entering the country without sufficient documents. The police are giving information that more people will be accused in the case. The sex racket gangs that tortured the girl were arrested earlier. A Malayali named Shyam has also been arrested. The information given by the police is that more people will be accused. The police released the girl who was in the possession of the group.

The girl, who had been in Bengaluru since the age of 12, was brought to Kochi by a trafficking gang a week ago. 20 people molested the girl in a week. The group was controlled by two women. They were Jagada and Serena. Serena, a native of Bengaluru, brought the girl to Kochi for the purpose of trafficking. The police started the probe over confidential information on sex trafficking in Manakkaparamp. 

Chennai: Unable to bear the pressure of work, a young man shocked himself to death by wrapping electrical wires around his body. Karthikeyan (38), a native of Theni, Tamil Nadu, an employee of a software company, was found dead in his house at Thahampur on Old Mahabalipuram Road near Chennai.

Karthikeyan was found dead when his wife Jayarani returned from visiting the temple. Jayarani went to visit the temple with her friends after bringing her two children close to their mother. When Jayarani returned in the evening, the door was locked from inside.

Karthikeyan did not open the door despite knocking. Then Jayarani opened the door using the spare key and went inside to find Karthikeyan dead with electric wires wrapped around his body. They immediately informed the neighbors and they informed the Dhamampur police.

The police shifted Karthikeyan’s body to Chrompet Government Hospital for post-mortem. The police informed that the young man was undergoing treatment for depression for the last two months as he could not bear the pressure of work.

Karthikeyan joined a software firm in Pallavaram 15 years ago. The family says that recently they used to complain about the workload. Police have registered a case of unnatural death.