Overview
- Police say a six-member gang led by history-sheeter Subin Alexander barged into a Thiruvalla spa on February 1 and sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint after a Rs 50,000 extortion demand was refused.
- Subin Alexander and associate Berlin Das have been arrested and remanded, while four alleged accomplices remain at large as a manhunt continues.
- CCTV and mobile recordings from the spa were recovered and widely circulated, heightening public pressure on the investigation.
- A Special Investigation Team is handling the case, with police moving to invoke the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act against Subin and committing to file a charge sheet within statutory timelines.
- Authorities are probing claims the crime was a ‘quotation’ job and the Home Department has ordered an internal inquiry into possible police collusion and alleged monthly payments from spa businesses.