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Kerala Police Arrest Five Suspects in Rape Kidnapping Case

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC · How we work

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Kerala police arrested five suspects, including a wife, for kidnapping and raping a couple.
On September 22, men posing as police seized the couple at a lodge near Thrissur’s bus stand.
Investigators allege the wife hired the gang after tracking her husband’s phone location.
Five accused—Devi, Thomas, Shankar, Palraj and Raghupathi—were remanded.
A juvenile suspect remains at large.

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Kerala police arrested five suspects, including a wife, for kidnapping and raping a couple.
On September 22, men posing as police seized the couple at a lodge near Thrissur’s bus stand.
Investigators allege the wife hired the gang after tracking her husband’s phone location.
Five accused—Devi, Thomas, Shankar, Palraj and Raghupathi—were remanded.
A juvenile suspect remains at large.