Overview
- At an LDF protest in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was photographed holding a cup reading “Love you to the moon and back.”
- Images of the cup circulated widely on social media, where many interpreted it as a show of solidarity with the survivor in the Rahul Mamkootathil cases.
- The survivor later shared the CM’s photo and wrote a brief note referencing the cup’s words, echoing an earlier post she made after the MLA’s arrest.
- Rahul Mamkootathil was arrested early Sunday following a third case, underwent DNA sampling and a potency test, was produced before a magistrate, and was remanded to judicial custody.
- The SIT has sought his custody and a bail plea is pending, with a magistrate set to consider both, while earlier court orders granted him interim High Court protection in one case until January 21 and anticipatory bail in another.