Kasargod : An accused who arrested under the pocso act was escaped from the police during a investigation and committed suicide jumping into the sea at Kasargod port on Wednesday, July 22 morning.

Mahesh (28) a resident of Surlu Kalyangad is the victim who commited sucide by jumping into the sea.

Mahesh, who escaped from the police when he was brought to the port to collect information this morning, allegedly ran away 200 meters and jumped into the sea. The police tried to rescue him but could not be saved.

Coast Guard personnel, locals and police are searching for the accused.

Mahesh was arrested for allegedly filming a video on a mobile phone while the girl was in the toilet. At trial, the accused utteranced he was hiding his mobile phone near the port of Nellikunje, Accordingly, the police had brought him for further information, Then he committed suicide.