Report sought on actor rape case trial
The district judicial registrar of the high court, in response to a petition filed by M R Ajayan of North Paravur, Ernakulam, requested the report from the trial court and informed the petitioner of the action on Aug 8. In his petition, Ajayan pointed out that although the alleged incident took place in 2017, the trial remains pending even after eight years.
According to the prosecution, the popular actor, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was abducted and allegedly assaulted sexually in her car on Feb 17, 2017, by a group of men who forced their way into the vehicle in which she was traveling. The main accused in the case, Pulsar Suni, and others were arrested soon after the incident.
During the investigation into the conspiracy aspect of the case, police arrested actor Dileep and arrayed him as an accused. The trial began in the principal sessions court in 2018 but has yet to be concluded.
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