The particular investigation crew (SIT) probing the complaints towards Malayalam movie business personalities within the wake of the Hema Committee report on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) recorded the arrest of actor-legislator M. Mukesh in a rape case registered towards him by the Kochi Metropolis police.
Mr. Mukesh turned up at the Coastal Police headquarters in Kochi the place the SIT crew led by Coastal AIG G. Poonkuzhali interrogated him for over three hours earlier than recording his arrest. He might be launched after a medical examination as a decrease court docket within the metropolis had already granted him anticipatory bail. He declined to talk to the ready media both when he turned up for interrogation or later when he was being taken for the medical examination.
Mr. Mukesh was interrogated by the SIT in a case registered by the Maradu police. A court docket had granted him anticipatory bail within the case with the situation that he ought to cooperate with the investigation crew and that within the occasion of arrest he be let off after recording it.
Mr. Mukesh was among the many first from the movie business to be booked within the wake of revelations by ladies actors following the discharge of the Hema Committee report.
A junior lady actor had complained that Mr. Mukesh had raped her and outraged her modesty just a few years in the past. The Maradu police had booked the case towards the actor following the criticism.
Printed – September 24, 2024 01:42 pm IST