KOZHIKODE: Youth held for sexually assaulting a woman who met him through social media. Bimal Kumar, a native of Thiruvananthapuram was held by police. He met the woman, a native of Kozhikode, just a year ago.
When the friendship which started through social media turned into love, Bimal went to Kozhikode to see the woman. Later, the woman was taken to a lodge in Kozhikode on the false promise to marry her and she was sexually assaulted. Then the accused fled the town with the gold of the woman, worth one sovereign, which she took with her from her home, on the advice of the accused.
Police arrested Bimal Kumar from Palakkad, after a lookout probe, launched on the complaint of the woman. When he came under police net, he was staying with another woman in a rented home. The investigation team said that Bimal got married four times and his method is to flee from the area, with the gold of the bride after marriage.