Malayalam actress assault: Rimi gives 164 statement

KOCHI: The Special Investigation Team probing the actress assault case had  a busy schedule on Thursday with singer-actor Rimy Tomy making a statement under 164. Charlie, the seventh accused in the case from Coimbatore revealed that Dileep entrusted  gangster Sunilkumar alias Pulsar Suni to attack the actress. Rimy Tomy made the statement a day after Dileep was granted bail by the High Court.

The SIT had  earlier questioned Rimy Tomy on the  assumption that the singer-actor is privy to some details on the rift between Dileep and the actress.  Rimy Tomy has close connections with Dileep and Kavya Madhavan and the actress, who was  abducted  and assaulted. The SIT thinks that Rimy can provide vital information regarding the developments during the stage programme in the US in which Dileep and the actress were present.

According to police,  Dileep was embittered with the actress as he believed that she was instrumental in informing Manju Warrier about his affair with Kavya Madhavan during the US trip. Sources also said that Charlie, accused of sheltering Pulsar Sunil and his accomplices after the assault, had  confirmed that  Dileep was behind the conspiracy. Sunil had told him that Dileep had assigned the work to him for Rs 1.5 crore. Charlie was the first person to whom Sunil  confessed  about the involvement of Dileep.  Sunil had  also promised to pay Rs 7 lakh to Charlie for arranging them a safe hideout. Sources said Charlie is likely to be made an approver in the case.