Aug 2, 2017
Kerala Police on Wednesday called the
brother of Malayalam superstar Dileep's former actress wife Manju
Warrier to the Aluva Police club as part of its probe into the
abduction and molestation of a popular actress earlier this year.
According to those in the know of things, the police team questioned
Madhu Warrier as part of their efforts to find out from those who were
once close to Dileep, through his marriage to Warrier, about the
actor's character.
Dileep's brother-in-law (sister's husband) was also called by the
police on Wednesday, as he used to manage all the business interests of
the actor.
Dileep and Manju Warrier called off their marriage with mutual consent
in 2015. Last year he married another popular actress Kavya Madhavan,
whose first marriage had ended rather quickly.
In the past one week, among those in the film industry who the police
took statements from included Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes
(AMMA) general secretary Edavela Babu, actor Siddique, singer Rimy Tomy
and actress Shritha.
Earlier, the police took statements from actor-turned-CPI-M backed
legislator Mukesh and also actor-turned-director and close aide of
Dileep, Nadir Shah.
The police also took statements from his wife - Kavya Madhavan and her
mother.
Dileep's manager Appunny, whose anticipatory bail plea was rejected by
the High Court, appeared before the probe team on Monday. He was let
off after five hours of questioning.
Dileep's bail plea was rejected by the Kerala High Court on July 24.
Ever since his arrest, he has been cooling his heels at a jail near
here.
According to speculation, there could be more arrests in the coming
days.
The popular young actress was abducted and molested while travelling
from Thrissur to Kochi on February 17 this year.
The police arrested her abductors in a week's time. In June, the police
cracked the conspiracy angle in the abduction and arrested Dileep on
July 10.