The Aloor police have registered a defamation case against 10 people, including Olympian Mayookha Johny, in connection with a rape allegation.
Ms. Johny had recently alleged that her friend had been raped by a person from Muringoor in Thrissur district.
The police registered a case against 10 people, including Ms. Johny; Nisha Sebastian, patron of the Emperor Immanuel Church, Muriyad; trustees of the church Umesh Jose, Naveen Paul, and P.P. Shanto; and five others on the directive of the Chalakudy First Class Magistrate Court.
The court’s direction came on a complaint filed by a former trustee of the Emperor Immanuel Church.
The district Crime Branch is already investigating the rape allegation and another case pertaining to a threat received by Ms. Johny. The Crime Branch will investigate the defamation case too.
‘Bid to protect culprit’
In a recent press conference, Ms. Johny alleged that her friend was raped in 2016. She alleged that there was even a ministerial-level intervention to protect the culprit. She said former women’s commission chairperson M.C. Josephine and the police were trying to protect him.
