THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A week into the investigation in the case against Eldhose Kunnappilly MLA, the District Crime Branch team found evidence, including the MLA's T-shirt and a liquor bottle, from the complainant's house while collecting evidence of the rape case.

The crime branch took the clothes into custody to hand them over to the forensic department for scientific examination after the young woman stated that it was the T-shirt worn by the MLA on the day of the torture. The probe team also found a bottle of expensive foreign liquor in the room where the MLA was staying in the woman's house. Crime Branch Assistant Commissioner Anil Kumar's team came to collect evidence from the woman's house yesterday based on her statement that the MLA had tortured her at her house in Pettah.

The complainant had alleged that the MLA sexually harassed her at 7 places in the city and outside the district. So far, the police have collected evidence from four centres in Pettah and Kovalam. The probe team will soon travel to Ernakulam with the woman and collect evidence from various places. Meanwhile, the cyber police have launched an investigation into the complaint filed by the young woman to the commissioner yesterday, alleging that she was insulted by the online media. Apart from this, the woman also started efforts to file a private complaint against the online channels in the Neyyattinkara court.

Although MLA's wife, driver Abhijith and PA Dani Paul were asked to appear before the investigation team, they haven't appeared yet. The court will consider MLA's anticipatory bail application on October 20.