Overview
- Thampanoor police on October 17 booked Nidheesh Muralidharan under IPC Section 377 in connection with allegations linked to Anandu Aji’s death.
- Ponkunnam police in Kottayam will re-register the FIR and begin the investigation where the alleged offence reportedly occurred.
- Aji, 26, left a 15-page Instagram note and later a 12-minute video naming Muralidharan and alleging abuse since childhood, saying he had no evidence to submit.
- CPI Rajya Sabha MP Sandosh Kumar P has asked the NHRC to order a time-bound, independent probe and consider constituting an SIT with witness protection measures.
- DYFI and Youth Congress held protests demanding arrests, while the RSS rejected the claims as baseless and called for an impartial inquiry.