Kochi doctor arrested after police find sexual videos on his phone
Kochi police arrested Dr. Johnson Varghese and issued a lookout circular on 7 November after forensic analysis of his phones uncovered videos and photographs of more than ten women, prompting a rape-allegation investigation. The doctor had earlier claimed he was lured to an apartment on 2 November, where actors Athulya Chandra and Bibin Perumbilli, along with a third suspect, assaulted him, confined him and stole valuables worth about Rs 3.
5 lakh. The two actors were arrested and, on 7 November, a magistrate court denied them bail, extending the probe into the alleged blackmail and sexual misconduct.