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Malayalam actress' horror: Cops arrest driver, suspect blackmail plot

  • The actress was waylaid while returning from a shoot on Friday night
  • She has filed a complaint with the police, who are investigating the case
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A popular Malayalam actress went through a night of absolute horror on Friday, after her car was intercepted by a three men while she was returning from a film shoot. 


The actress in her complaint to police stated that on Friday night her car was hit from the rear by a tempo traveller van at Athani, between Aluva and Angamaly. The members in the van forcefully entered her car and took control of it before proceeding to Kochi. During the drive, the men "misbehaved" with her, by clicking her pictures and making a video.
 

They asked the driver to stop the car Palarivattam in Kochi city and fled the area, the actress said. The actress later reached the house of a director, who informed police.


However, later investigation by the police revealed that the driver, named Martin, was part of the plot, hatched by one Sunil, a.k.a Pulsar Suni, who had been fired by the actress earlier over bad behaviour. The ex-driver seems to have joined hands with the current driver and a few others for his sexual assualt on the actress. 


Police had yesterday taken driver Martin into custody soon after she complained about the ordeal she underwent the previous night while travelling from Thrissur to Kochi for dubbing.


"Some people have been taken into custody. We would be able to talk about their role in the incident only after a proper verification", a top police officer told PTI.


Police had deputed its various teams to places including Coimbatore in search of at least six more culprits involved in the crime. Kerala DGP Loknath Behera has constituted a special investigation team to probe the case, following widespread condemnation of the incident.


Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the gang members involved in the crime have been identified and they will be arrested very soon. Police suspect that seven men, including her driver, were involved in planning and executing the crime that sent shock waves in the state.


A woman judicial magistrate has taken her statement about the incident. Police had also taken her for a medical examination at a hospital near Kochi. Police suspect that blackmailing was the motive behind the crime.

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