Mollywood sexual harassment: Police to handover cases of allegations to SIT

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala police on Tuesday said that cases registered on the basis of the recent allegations will be handed over to the special team constituted for investigating the accusations by women in the film industry.

During a meeting of the Special Investigation Team convened by DGP Sheikh Darvesh Sahib on Tuesday, it was resolved that senior female police officers will investigate all significant cases, and the team has been expanded to include more female officers, according to an official release by the Kerala Police.

The government had on August 25 announced the establishment of a seven-member special investigation team to probe the allegations made in the wake of the Hema Committee report being published, following which more complaints surfaced against various actors and directors.

The report by the Justice Hema Committee, constituted by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress assault case has revealed instances of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam cinema industry, prompting calls for action against the guilty.