June 27, 2017
The Congress party on Tuesday alleged
that the Malayalam actress kidnap case has been bungled by Kerala
Police.
Former Home Minister and present Leader of Opposition Ramesh
Chennithala blamed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for the lack of
outcome of the case.
"Soon after the kidnap episode, Vijayan at a public meeting passed the
judgment that there is no conspiracy," Chennithala said, adding that it
led to the case remaining unsolved for so long.
He said Vijayan's public statement was why even after so long so many
versions exist about what happened, "with the truth still not coming
out".
Chennithala was responding to Malayalam superstar Dileep.
The actor on Monday alleged that certain sections of the media were
trying to malign his reputation by linking him to the abduction case.
He said he was prepared to undergo narco analysis and brain mapping to
prove his innocence.
The Congress leader hoped that the Association of Malayalam Movie
Artistes (AMMA) would break its silence on the issue.
As AMMA will hold a two-day meeting in Kochi from Wednesday,
Chennithala hoped the issue would be raised in it. "I feel they will
certainly take up this issue at their meeting," he said.
AMMA, however, has maintained a stoic silence on the issue.
In the past few days, the case has taken twists and turns. On Sunday
the police arrested two persons for blackmailing Dileep and his friend
actor-director Nadir Shah.
One of the two, Vishnu, was alleged to have threatened Dileep and Shah
to cough up Rs 1.50 crore or else he would reveal their role in the
kidnap conspiracy.
Vishnu also alleged that Dileep and Shah have been offered Rs 2 crore
by some others in the Malayalam film industry in the kidnap case.
In another twist to the case, National Award winning actor Salim Kumar
demanded that the victim-actress should undergo the narco analysis test
to put all speculations to rest.
Later on Tuesday, Kumar apologised for his statement made on his
Facebook post.
Kumar was forced to withdraw it after the Malayalam film actress
association 'Women in Cinema Collective' in their Facebook post said
they would deal "strongly" with anything that affected the morale of
their members.
The new film body is the brainchild of hugely popular actress Manju
Warrier, the former wife of Dileep, and sources in the know of things
say that the group would raise this issue at the AMMA meeting.