Police in Kerala on Friday arrested the Ernakulam district general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, the BJP’s youth wing, for allegedly assaulting his live-in partner.
According to police, Gopu Paramasivan had been living with the woman at a rented premises since May 2021. According to police, an incident occurred on Thursday, when the woman, while ironing his clothes, took his helmet from the ironing table and placed it on the floor. Provoked over this, Paramasivan allegedly assaulted her and tried to strangulate her with an electric cable.
Following the assault, the woman walked out of the house. Subsequently, Paramasivan filed a missing person complaint with local police, who then tracked down the woman. On Friday, she revealed details of the incident, police said. Paramasivan was then summoned to the police station, where his arrest was recorded.
Maradu police, under Kochi city limits, booked Gopu Paramasivan under BNS sections 109(1) (attempt to murder), 74 (assaulting or using criminal force on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 115 (2) (causing hurt), and 118 (1) (causing hurt with a dangerous weapon).
The woman complained to police that she had been facing torture from the Yuva Morcha leader for the last four years. The FIR said Paramasivan had a grudge towards his partner over a time when she purportedly stayed with her husband and children for nearly a week.
