KOZHIKODE: Spy cameras installed outside a Wayanad house caught a youth-apparently with uncontrollable libido-in the act with a cow.

The youth was arrested after his neighbour and other local residents took him to the police, along with CCTV images purportedly showing him having sex with the bovine.

Identifying the man as Manu (24) of Netaji Colony at Cheloor in Kattikulam, police said he was produced before the Mananthavady judicial first class magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.

Manu's neighbour, Thomas, grew suspicious after finding injuries in his cow's vagina and also on its hind legs, as if it had been tied tightly with a rope. Also, the cow had failed to conceive over the past two years. After finding men's undergarments in the cow shed, he suspected foul play and informed his son-in-law Robin.

The younger man installed a CCTV camera, which allegedly caught Manu in the beastly act on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Robin and others in the neighbourhood confronted Manu with the images saved on to a computer and took him to Thirunelly police. Police said Manu has been booked under sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 447 (criminal trespass) of the IPC.

Meanwhile, the cow was being treated by a local veterinarian.

