Kerala superstar held after 5 months
After five months of intense drama and suspense, the Kerala police on Monday arrested Malayalam superstar Dileep in connection with the alleged abduction and assault of a south Indian actor in Kochi.
The woman actor who was returning after a shooting assignment was abducted and sexually assaulted on a moving car by a criminal gang on Feb 17. They let her go after a three-hour ordeal and threatened to release the video if she approached the police.
During the attack, the main accused, Pulsar Suni, had told the victim that he was given a quotation (like a supari crime) and was forced to do it. However, the actor complained and the police arrested all accused involved in the crime. But there were strong speculations that they carried out the ‘dirty job’ at the behest of someone.
State police chief Loknath Behra confirmed the arrest of Dileep. He said the police have got clinching evidence to prove the involvement of the actor. Two weeks ago, the SIT probing the case had questioned the actor for more than 13 hours. His director friend Nadirsha and manager Appunni will also be arrested.
“The entire conspiracy was hatched almost a year ago. The actor’s phone calls with some of the accused nailed him. Preliminary investigation shows personal enmity behind the incident,” said a senior cop.
According to police sources Suni refused to give in after intense questioning. Later the police reportedly sent another criminal to his cell as his cellmate and he became pally with him and divulged details of the larger conspiracy behind the crime.