Rs 1 lakh transferred to Pulsar Suni's mother's account: prosecution

The prosecution told the court that the actor gave an advance of Rs 10,000 to Pulsar Suni for the 'quotation' They also found that an amount of Rs 1 lakh was transferred to Suni's mother Shobhana's account after the attack Suni’s former lawyer Pratheesh Chacko was arrested on Thursday and released on bail later in the day

In a major revelation related to the Kochi actress attack case, the prosecution told the Kerala High Court that an amount of Rs 1 lakh was transferred to prime accused Puslar Suni's mother's bank account after the crime.

The prosecution informed this to the HC during the hearing of actor Dileep's bail plea on Thursday. Providing evidence against the actor, the prosecution told the court that the actor gave an advance of Rs 10,000 to Suni for the 'quotation' before Rs 1 lakh was transferred to his mother Shobhana's account.

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Dileep was arrested on July 10 on charges of conspiracy. The prosecution also pointed out that Suni had contacted Dileep's friend and director Nadirshah on April 10 but they lodged the complaint only 12 days later. 

Meanwhile, Suni’s former lawyer Pratheesh Chacko was arrested on Thursday and released on bail later in the day.

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Pratheesh, who was absconding, was arrested on charges of hiding the mobile phone which was allegedly used to capture the visuals of the assault. The lawyer was summoned to Aluva police club on Thursday morning, questioned till evening and then arrested. However, he was released on bail later in the day.

Suni had earlier told the probe team that before he was arrested he handed over the phone to Pratheesh at the latter’s office. The police then asked Pratheesh to be present for interrogation but he went into hiding.