BALUSSERY: Balussery police have registered a case against seven individuals, including a local CPM leader, in connection with an indecent assault involving a plus one student and her relative in Kokkallur.

The incident occurred on Monday evening near a bus stop when a 15-year-old student from Kokkallur Higher Secondary School and her 20-year-old relative were reportedly confronted by a group. According to the complaint, the group initially engaged in abusive language before physically assaulting the boy. Witnesses claim that the girl was also pushed to the ground during the altercation.

The victimized girl described the attack as brutal in her statement to the police. Both individuals sought medical treatment at the Taluk Hospital following the incident.

The police have identified CPM Kokkallur branch secretary Ratheesh, along with another individual named Vipin Lal and five others, as the accused in the case.