The particular investigation workforce (SIT) probing the sexual harassment allegations in opposition to figures within the Malayalam movie trade questioned actor Nivin Pauly in Kochi, Kerala, on Tuesday (October 1, 2024)
He was requested to seem earlier than the workforce as a part of the investigation into the criticism lodged by a 40-year-old native of Kothamangalam alleging that the actor sexually assaulted her at a lodge in Dubai in November 2023.
Assertion in counter petition
The SIT additionally took the assertion of the actor in a counter petition filed by him before the State Police Chief alleging that the criticism was faux. He had acknowledged that he was at a movie location in Kochi throughout the date of the alleged incident talked about by the lady.
The actor was amongst six individuals booked by the Oonnukal police, close to Kothamangalam, in Ernakulam Rural for a wide range of fees, together with gang rape on September 3, 2024.
Mr. Pauly was named the sixth accused within the case. Shreya, movie producer A.Okay. Sunil, Binu, Basheer and Kuttan had been recognized as the primary 5 accused respectively. The third to the fifth accused had been reportedly the acquaintances of the primary accused Shreya.
The first info report was registered below Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 354 (assaulting or utilizing prison pressure in opposition to a girl), 376D (gang rape), 354C (voyeurism), 450 (trespass), 342 (wrongful confinement), 376 (2)(n) (commits rape repeatedly on the identical girl), 506 (prison intimidation) and 34 (acts achieved by a number of individuals in furtherance of frequent intention).
Printed – October 01, 2024 11:25 am IST