Thiruvananthapuram sources have stated that in a major development in the case of abduction and assault of a leading woman actor from the Malayalam film industry in February 2017, a lot of crucial evidence related to the case has been handed over to actor Dileep. Accordingly Malayalam actor Dileep is the eighth accused in the case and is alleged to be the kingpin behind the planned assault.
Meanwhile he is accused of hiring a quotation gang to abduct the woman actor, assault her and video graphed the crime. According to sources the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case, on Monday handed over six CCTV visuals of the woman actor's car being driven from Thrissur to Kochi, which is when the crime happened. The SIT has also handed over statements of the first accused Sunil Kumar alias Pulsar Suni.
Presently the court is yet to take a decision on Dileep's plea for access
to the assault visuals. The matter is expected to be taken up on February
7. Furthermore Dileep had moved a petition at the Angamaly Magistrate
Court earlier in January, seeking all the evidence including assault visuals to
be handed over to him.
