Earlier, Ranjith became produced earlier than a magistrate and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. The Malayalam filmmaker is on the 2d lodged in Ernakulam Sub Jail.
Malayalam director-producer Ranjith became produced earlier than the First Class Justice of the Peace Court in Kochi on Saturday following his arrest in reference to an alleged sexual assault complaint filed by an actress.
The court remanded him to three days of police custody after the listening to.
The case pertains to allegations that the filmmaker sexually assaulted the complainant right by technique of a movie shoot. Police had earlier registered a First Info Fable (FIR) on March 28 in accordance with the actress’s assertion.
Basically essentially based on officers, Ranjith became taken into custody from Thodupuzha after investigators talked about they had gathered ample evidence to proceed with the arrest. A Special Investigation Group of workers (SIT) became constituted on April 1 to probe the topic extra.
Earlier, the accused became produced earlier than a magistrate and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. He is on the 2d lodged in Ernakulam Sub Jail.
Speaking relating to the investigation direction of earlier, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Aswathy Gigi talked about that the police acted after corroborating the complaint with extra evidence. She added that the SIT would proceed its probe right by technique of the police custody length granted by the court.
“We got a complaint and registered an FIR on March 28. After that, we were reasonably convinced, after securing other evidence, that the accused had committed the crime. So, we went ahead with the arrest last night… A Special Investigation Team has been constituted,” Gigi told ANI.
Ranjith’s shapely counsel has indicated that a bail plea is being ready and is inclined to be moved earlier than the court in due direction.
On April 1, Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reacted to the enchancment and talked about he did no longer maintain total details of the case but necessary that the court cases appear to be transferring essentially based fully mostly on due direction of. He added that no formal complaints had been introduced on to his attention relating to the trip taken.
“At the moment, I am not fully aware of the details regarding the issue, especially since the Model Code of Conduct is in force and matters are being handled accordingly. I do not have precise information about the complaint right now; like you, I have only read about it. As of now, no formal complaints have come to me regarding the action taken. In the absence of such complaints, it appears that the proceedings are moving forward in a proper manner,” he talked about.
Here’s no longer the first time the filmmaker has confronted allegations of this nature. In 2024, he stepped down as chairman of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy following sexual harassment claims raised by Bengali actor Sreelekha Mitra. At the time, Ranjith had denied the allegations, and one related case became later quashed by the Kerala High Court.
