Actor sexual assault case: Actor Dileep, others seem earlier than Crime Branch
By PTI
KOCHI: Actor Dileep on Sunday reached the Crime Branch workplace right here as directed by the Kerala High Court for interrogation in a case registered in opposition to him and 5 others for allegedly threatening officers probing the sexual assault of an actress in 2017.
The High Court had on Saturday granted interim safety to Dileep from arrest however directed him and different accused to look earlier than the investigating officers on January 23, 24 and 25 for interrogation.
Dileep, who reached the crime department workplace at round 8.50 AM, refused to work together with the media.
The different accused have additionally reached the probe company’s workplace for questioning.
Meanwhile, Crime Branch sources mentioned the interrogation of the accused will probably be recorded as they think that the actor and others would possibly strategy the courtroom alleging harassment throughout questioning.
Justice Gopinath P had directed the accused to completely cooperate with the investigation and directed them to be out there for interrogation from 9 AM to eight PM on the three days.
The courtroom had additionally warned the accused that in case of non-cooperation, the interim safety from arrest will probably be lifted and custody will granted to the Crime Branch.
The courtroom additionally directed the general public prosecutor to submit a report on the interrogation and materials proof in a sealed cowl on January 27, when the matter can be heard once more.
Besides Dileep, his youthful brother P Sivakumar and brother-in-law T N Suraj amongst others have been requested to current themselves for interrogation.
The Crime Branch had, on January 9, registered the case on a grievance filed by an investigating officer primarily based on a purported audio clip of Dileep, which was launched by a TV channel through which the actor was allegedly heard conspiring to assault the official.
The actor and 5 others have been booked beneath varied provisions of the IPC, together with Sections 116 (abetment), 118 (concealing design to commit offence), 120B (prison conspiracy), 506 (prison intimidation), and 34 (prison act performed by a number of individuals).
Dileep has claimed that this apprehension was borne out of the previous conduct of the complainant officer who has been attempting to falsely implicate him within the sexual assault case.
The actress who has labored in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies was kidnapped and allegedly molested in her automotive for 2 hours by a number of the accused, who had pressured their approach into the automobile on the evening of February 17, 2017 and later escaped in a busy space.
The total act was filmed by a number of the accused to blackmail the actress.
There are 10 accused within the case and initially, police arrested seven individuals.
Dileep was arrested subsequently and launched on bail later.
