Three former students arrested in Kottayam for threatening ninth-grade student and extorting 24 sovereigns of gold

Police arrested three 18-year-old men, Ansal Mohammed, Nithin Nishad, and Shebin Abraham, from Pampady. The accused, who were former students of the school where the boy studies, befriended the ninth-grade student at a tuition center. They allegedly threatened the boy with false charges and death, leading to the theft of gold ornaments kept in the family's wardrobe. Police registered a case based on the father's complaint and arrested the accused on Sunday.