THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A policeman has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a young woman after recording a nude video and threatening to circulate the video. The arrested person is Vigilance grade SCPO Sabu Panicker (48), a native of Kachani. The Aruvikkara police arrested him on the complaint of the 40-year-old woman.

The accused had recorded the nude video of the woman, who got separated from her husband. Following this, he sexually abused her after threatening to circulate the video. According to the police, Sabu had been torturing the woman for the last 7 years.

The woman had recently lodged a complaint with the Aruvikkara police after the accused circulated the video clip. Two people who circulated the video were arrested the other day.