KOCHI: A woman has come up with sexual harassment allegation against a tattoo artist. The complainant, a native of Malappuram, alleged that Kasargod native Kuldeep Krishna, the owner of Deepink in Palarivattom, sexually assaulted her at the tattoo parlour.In her complaint, the woman alleged that Kuldeep Krishna sexually assaulted her after promising to teach her tattooing. She also said that Kuldeep had recorded the video and later sexually tortured her by blackmailing her using the video.

The incident took place in 2020. Kuldeep has gone into hiding. Police have intensified their search for him. Earlier, police had arrested tattoo artist Sujeesh PS for allegedly sexually abusing a young woman at a tattoo studio.