<p>Thrissur (Kerala): A five-member gang was arrested on Sunday for allegedly abducting and assaulting a young woman here over a financial dispute involving a spa center, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The arrested have been identified as Gopakumar alias Gopu (43) of Thrissur, Abhinash P Shankar (30) of Kozhikode, Jithin Joshi (27) of Thrissur, Aathira (30) of Kozhikode and Anju (30) of Thiruvananthapuram, they said.</p>.<p>The incident came to light when police investigating another case on Saturday found the victim held captive at the residence of one of the accused, they said.</p>.Kerala mass murder: Family had no big financial problems, says accused's father.<p>The abduction arose from a financial dispute over a spa center that the woman managed with a male friend.</p>.<p>During her captivity, the woman was assaulted, and her gold ornaments, including a 2.5-sovereign necklace and a 1.5-sovereign bangle, were taken by the accused, they added.</p>.<p>The gang had also allegedly assaulted a migrant worker at a coffee shop in Paliyekkara near here late Thursday night.</p>.<p>The accused, reportedly inebriated, assaulted Abdul, a coffee shop worker, after he asked them to follow a token-based service system.</p>.<p>Police identified the perpetrators and searched Gopakumar’s residence, where they found the abducted woman.</p>.<p>Upon questioning her, police learned that she had been forcibly taken, her gold ornaments were stolen, and her mobile phone was destroyed.</p>.<p>The abduction was allegedly orchestrated due to a financial dispute between Gopakumar and a man named Akhil, with whom he had jointly operated the spa. The woman, a close associate of Akhil, was targeted after Akhil failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting to settle the financial dispute, police said.</p>.<p>The five accused have been booked for abduction, assault, and robbery, with charges filed in both the abduction case and the attack at the coffee shop.</p>.<p>The accused were produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.</p>.<p>Further investigations are underway, police said. </p>
<p>Thrissur (Kerala): A five-member gang was arrested on Sunday for allegedly abducting and assaulting a young woman here over a financial dispute involving a spa center, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The arrested have been identified as Gopakumar alias Gopu (43) of Thrissur, Abhinash P Shankar (30) of Kozhikode, Jithin Joshi (27) of Thrissur, Aathira (30) of Kozhikode and Anju (30) of Thiruvananthapuram, they said.</p>.<p>The incident came to light when police investigating another case on Saturday found the victim held captive at the residence of one of the accused, they said.</p>.Kerala mass murder: Family had no big financial problems, says accused's father.<p>The abduction arose from a financial dispute over a spa center that the woman managed with a male friend.</p>.<p>During her captivity, the woman was assaulted, and her gold ornaments, including a 2.5-sovereign necklace and a 1.5-sovereign bangle, were taken by the accused, they added.</p>.<p>The gang had also allegedly assaulted a migrant worker at a coffee shop in Paliyekkara near here late Thursday night.</p>.<p>The accused, reportedly inebriated, assaulted Abdul, a coffee shop worker, after he asked them to follow a token-based service system.</p>.<p>Police identified the perpetrators and searched Gopakumar’s residence, where they found the abducted woman.</p>.<p>Upon questioning her, police learned that she had been forcibly taken, her gold ornaments were stolen, and her mobile phone was destroyed.</p>.<p>The abduction was allegedly orchestrated due to a financial dispute between Gopakumar and a man named Akhil, with whom he had jointly operated the spa. The woman, a close associate of Akhil, was targeted after Akhil failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting to settle the financial dispute, police said.</p>.<p>The five accused have been booked for abduction, assault, and robbery, with charges filed in both the abduction case and the attack at the coffee shop.</p>.<p>The accused were produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.</p>.<p>Further investigations are underway, police said. </p>