Kochi: A 46-year-old Thailand national was allegedly raped by two men here, following which they were arrested, police said on Thursday. The accused hailing from a north Kerala district have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman. Police said the accused-- Mohammed Insaf and his friend Ansaruddin from Kondotty in Malappuram district were arrested after recording the statement of the victim.

The woman from Thailand had been a Facebook friend of Insaf for the last seven months after she enrolled her child in a school in Malappuram district. The woman who came from Bangkok recently to visit her child and was staying in a hotel here. When Insaf came to meet the woman, he was accompanied by his friend Ansaruddin and both allegedly raped the woman at the hotel room, police said.