There are 10 accused in the case and the police have arrested seven people.
Thiruvananthapuram:
The Congress-led opposition UDF on Wednesday filed a petition in the Kerala Commission for Women against a group of ruling LDF leaders alleging that they have insulted the victim, including actor Dileep, in the assault case against the actress, when she recently had recently approached the High Court with a complaint alleging political interference. ongoing investigation
Congress Rajya Sabha MP and state chief of Mahila Congress JB Mather has accused CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state transport minister Antony Raju and party veteran and former minister MM Mani of hurting their self-respect. Filed a complaint with the panel. and insulting womanhood through derogatory remarks.
Seeking action against the leaders, the complaint also stated that the serious issues being faced by the victim as a woman was merely an insult to her for politically motivated allegations.
Such derogatory remarks, made to protect the face of the Left government and cover up loopholes in the investigation, tantamount to undermining the rights of survivors under the 1985 UN Declaration of Fundamental Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power Was. added this.
A day after a tussle between the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF over the victim’s recent petition in the Kerala High Court alleging political interference by the ruling LDF government, the Congress MP approached the rights panel and tried to derail the probe. ,
LDF convener EP Jayarajan had said it should be probed whether there was any “vested interest” behind the petition as it was filed at a time when Thrikkakara bypolls were on the doorstep, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and Antony Raju too expressed similar doubts. Time to file the petition.
As controversy arose over the issue, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made it clear that his government was with the victim of the 2017 actress assault case and that there was no interference in the police investigation by the Left administration.
He also said that his government has not stopped the police from proceeding with the case and has never told the force that it cannot take action against key persons.
Meanwhile, the victim had criticized the government and the trial court in her petition and sought the intervention of the High Court.
“It is painfully submitted that the Government of Kerala, which supported the cause of the petitioner/victim at the initial stage and allowed a fair investigation in the matter by police officers of high integrity and politically took credit for the investigation, lags behind its Constitutional legal commitment to conduct an independent, impartial and thorough investigation in the matter.”
She also alleged that Dileep has illegally influenced some politicians of the ruling front in the state and tried to interfere with further investigation in the matter and closed it prematurely.
The actress-victim, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was abducted and allegedly molested in her car for two hours by some of the accused, who on the night of February 17, 2017 and later forcibly entered the vehicle. had entered. Escape to a busy area. Some of the accused filmed the entire acting to blackmail the actress.
There are 10 accused in the case and the police have arrested seven people. Dileep was later arrested and released on bail.
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