Cops seek curbs on Malayalam actress assault case report

KOCHI: The police team probing the abduction and sexual assault of a woman actor will approach the Angamally sessions court to restrict media from publishing and broadcasting the details of the supplementary charge-sheet filed by the probe team against Dileep in connection with the case. The probe team is of the opinion that the discussion of the contents in charge-sheet in the media is likely to have an adverse impact on the case as well as the possibility of the accused influencing the key witnesses listed by the probe team.

The police is approaching the court under section 327 (3) of the CrPc, sources said. The prosecution will also point out that nearly 50 persons from the field of cinema have given their statements and most of them have requested to keep the details intact. The probe team has received a favourable legal opinion to approach the trial court for restricting the discussions in the media about the contents.

The supplementary charge-sheet submitted in the case on Wednesday has arraigned Dileep as the eighth accused in the case. The list of witnesses in the charge-sheet included Manju Warrier, ex-wife of Dileep and Kavya Madhavan his present wife. The 1,450 charge-sheet has accused Dileep of hatching the conspiracy to attack the woman actor and entrusting the job to Sunilkumar aka Pulsar Suni. Dileep however deny the charges and says the police had framed him in the case as part of a conspiracy.