KATTAKKADA: A man, female friend and mother of a girl in a case of sexual abuse. After taking Rs 1500, the Tamil Nadu native woman bought her daughter to Ernakulam, then took her to Kattakkada and took her to various places, where she was abused.

Kattakkada Police arrested Akhil Dev (25) of Edavachal Kunchu Nivas in Neyyar Dam, his female friend Vinisha (24) of Vineesha Bhavan at Kattakkada Moongode and the child's mother. Akhil Dev, who met the mother and child living in a hostel in Ernakulam on a train, molested the woman's 13-year-old daughter in Ernakulam on July 3. After paying Rs 1500 to the mother, accused Akhil came to Kattakkada with the child. First she was abused in a room in Kattakkada and then at the house of the accused in Edavachal. After that, the girl and his female friend came by car near the establishment of CoirFed, where the accused was doing a temporary job in Neyyatinkara, and after Akhil got down there, the other two reached Vinisha's house. Akhil said that the girl's mother would come here and take her. But here the information came to light when the mother of the female friend became suspicious of their behavior and reported this to the police. Then the police trapped the accused in a cunning way.