PATHANAMTHITTA: A youth was arrested for forcefully injecting a 66-year-old woman staying alone in her house. The arrested is Akash of Valamchuzy. He was taken into custody and his arrest was recorded today.

The accused told police that he injected with the syringe that had no medicine. Akash in his statement said that since taking Covid vaccine, he wanted to inject someone and to execute that he injected her. However, the police have not fully believed this. They suspect Akash to have some mental issues. Investigation and grilling are progressing. Police said that his statements are contradictory.

Akash had on the other day injected Chinnamma of Kalunk Junction in Ranni saying that it was Covid booster dose. Chinnamma told police that Akash barged into her house and forcefully injected her. She was injected on both sides of the spine. He then gave her the syringe and asked her to burn it. He later fled from the place.

The police nabbed him following an investigation conducted on the white scooter in which he came. Chinnamma had not destroyed the syringe. The police had taken it for an examination. Meantime, reports said that she is stable and discharged from Kottayam Medical College.