Thiruvananthapuram: Press Club Secretary of Thiruvananthapuram, M Radhakrishnan on Thursday was arrested over a complaint by a woman journalist who alleged him of moral policing and assault.
The Pettah police filed an FIR against Radhakrishnan.
The woman journalist in her complaint states that Radhakrishnan tried to allegedly assault her male friend who visited her house on Saturday evening. The accused along with three other men verbally abused her, forcefully entered into her house and thrust her.
Radhakrishnan wanted to know why the journalist’s male friend had come to her house late in the evening.
Women journalists also held an agitation inside Trivandrum Press Club demanding the resignation of Radhakrishnan.
The Kerala State Women’s Commission Chairperson M C Josephine has ordered the City Police Commissioner to submit a detailed report on the incident.
