Two emerging actors in the Malayalam film industry have been arrested in Kochi for allegedly assaulting and robbing a doctor after luring him to a flat on the pretext of an emergency medical call. The case took a twist on Friday, however, when police registered a rape case against the doctor following a complaint by a relative of one of the arrested actors.

The arrested accused are actors Athulya Chandra (32) and Bibin Perumbally (43), and the latter’s driver, K B Vishnu (31), who has eight criminal cases against him, police said.

Kochi city police arrested the trio on Thursday following a complaint by the 41-year-old doctor, who works at a leading multispeciality hospital in the city. They were booked for wrongful confinement, assault, criminal intimidation and robbery.

Police sources said the full picture was yet to emerge, as the two cases were connected.…