The Kerala Police have registered a first information report against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil after a woman accused him of repeated sexual exploitation on the false promise of marriage, forcing her to terminate the pregnancy, verbal abuse, death threats and violations of the Information Technology Act, The Hindu reported.

The case was expedited after the woman and her family met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his office on Thursday. Following this, a team led by Thiruvananthapuram Rural Police chief KS Sudarshan recorded her statement.

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The FIR was registered at the Valiamala police station early on Friday and later transferred to the Nemom police station in Thiruvananthapuram city.

Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner Thomson Jose told The Hindu that the charges against Mamkootathil include rape, obtaining sexual consent through deceitful means and coercing a woman to terminate her pregnancy.

Police are also investigating allegations that Mamkootathil procured miscarriage-inducing medicines without a prescription, asked an acquaintance to deliver the pills to the woman, and pressured her to consume them while he allegedly remained on a video call to ensure that she took the medicines, the newspaper reported.

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The acquaintance, Joby Thomas, a businessperson from Pathanamthitta, has been named as the second accused person

Provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act have also been invoked in the case. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows only registered medical practitioners to administer abortion pills after required tests, including an ultrasound.

The Congress had suspended Mamkootathil from its primary membership in August. He had resigned from the post of Youth Congress president, following multiple allegations from women of misconduct, The Indian Express reported.