KOCHI: A foreign woman has lodged a complaint against tattoo artist P S Sujeesh. The complaint states that Sujeesh had sexually assaulted her while getting a tattoo. The incident took place at the Inkfected Studio at Edappally in Kochi, said the woman. The complainant was a student in a college in Kochi. She has lodged the complaint with the Kochi commissioner.

The police had registered a rape case against Sujeesh for sexually assaulting women while tattooing. He has been charged with insulting womanhood among four others. So far, six cases have been registered against him; four in Palarivattom and two in Cheranalloor police station. A social media post by a girl, sharing her sexual assault experience at the tattoo studio, is what prompted other women who had similar experiences, to open up. The girl had alleged the accused of molesting and misbehaving with her at the tattoo parlour.