POCSO case: Hotel owner surrenders before police

Kochi: After the Supreme Court and the Kerala High Court denied any protection from arrest to city-based Hotel 18 owner in a POCSO case, he surrendered before the police on Sunday morning.

Hotel 18 owner, Roy J Vayalat, surrendered at the Kochi City Police Commissioner’s office in the morning after the Supreme Court on Friday denied any relief to him in his plea seeking anticipatory bail in the case.

Senior public prosecutor CK Suresh confirmed that the hotel owner surrendered at the Commissioner’s office in the morning. The Kerala High Court on March 8 had denied the relief to Vayalat and his friend Syju M Thankachan, saying that they are not entitled to anticipatory bail in view of the nature of allegations against them.