KOCHI: A policeman has been arrested for misbehaving with women who were standing on the edge of the waterfall. Pareed, an officer of the Muvattupuzha police station was arrested. The incident took place yesterday at Piravom Areekal Waterfalls.

The complaint is that two police officers who were in mufti grabbed the women standing in the waterfall. Two cops identified as Pareed and Baiju misbehaved with the women.

The people in the tourist centre stopped them and they were later taken into custody by the Ramamangalam police. Pareed's arrest was recorded this morning. Most probably the cop will be produced in the court today. It was alleged that despite being in custody for hours, further procedures including medical examination of the cops were being delayed.