Archive · 2 Oct 2026
QR Payment Allegedly Helps Track Couple in Kerala Assault Case
Police in Kerala arrested six people after a woman and her male friend were allegedly attacked.
The main suspect is said to be the male friend’s wife.
Police allege that she found their hotel by paying the hotel using its QR code.
The man had reportedly sent her the code while asking for money.
Police say she then alerted a group of taxi drivers.
The group allegedly pretended to be police officers and took the two people from their hotel room.
The woman reportedly escaped when the group stopped during a journey.
Police are continuing to investigate the case and the suspects’ backgrounds.
Thrissur Police arrested six people over the alleged abduction and assault of a woman and her male friend.
Police identified the man’s wife as the chief suspect and said she allegedly tracked the pair through a hotel payment.
The husband allegedly shared the hotel’s merchant QR code after asking his wife for money, allowing her to identify their location.
The group allegedly posed as police officers, entered the hotel room, abducted the pair and took them to Tiruppur.
The woman escaped during a transfer the next day and later filed a complaint with Malappuram police.
- Who
- Thrissur Police arrested six people, including the male victim’s wife; the victims were a woman from Malappuram and her male friend from Tamil Nadu.
- What
- The suspects allegedly tracked, abducted and assaulted the pair; the woman was allegedly sexually assaulted.
- When
- The pair checked into the hotel on the morning of September 22, and the woman escaped the following day.
- Where
- The pair were located at a hotel in Thrissur and allegedly taken to Tiruppur before the woman returned to Kerala.
- Why
- Police allege that the wife acted after learning of her husband’s long-running affair and used a hotel payment to locate him.
- Arrests
- Thrissur Police arrested six people.
- Main suspect
- Police identified the male victim’s wife as the chief suspect.
- Tracking method
- Police said a payment to the hotel’s merchant QR code revealed the husband’s location.
- Alleged disguises
- The group allegedly claimed to be police officers investigating a gold theft.
- Distance traveled
- The suspects allegedly traveled about 170 kilometers from Tiruppur to Thrissur.
- Escape
- The woman escaped during a transfer and was helped by passersby to reach a railway station.
- Court action
- A Thrissur magistrate court remanded the arrested suspects to judicial custody for two weeks.