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Thiruvananthapuram: Case against army jawan for rape attempt

Police said that they were on the lookout for the accused.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Marayamuttom police has registered a case against an army jawan who tried to molest a woman.

The accused was identified as Anu Joy, a native of Irampil. The woman cried aloud when the jawan tried to molest her. The accused tried to drag the woman into a room before trying to sexually assault her. Neighbours reached the spot hearing the woman's cry, but the accused escaped. The woman is a neighbour of the accused.

Police said that they were on the lookout for the accused.

The accused was involved in a PoCSO case last year. Though, he had left the state and reached his army unit, he was taken into custody and handed over to the police then. He is also involved in a case related to the attack on a house in Chenkal.

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