KOCHI: A woman’s male friend has been taken into custody in the case of sexually abusing her minor daughters. The Kuruppumpady police took Dhanesh of Ayyampuzha into custody last night. He sexually abused the girls aged 12 and 10.

The woman and her two daughters were staying in a rented house under the jurisdiction of the Kuruppumpady police station in Ernakulam. Dhanesh taken into custody is a lorry driver. Dhanesh, the woman’s male friend, visits her twice a week. Police said that he has been physically abusing the children continuously since 2023 until this February.

One of the two wrote a note to her friend in school informing about the incident. A teacher got it and she informed the police. The accused is being questioned in detail. The police will also investigate whether the two sisters were abused with the knowledge of their mother.