September 17, 2017
Malayalam actor-director Nadir Shah was on Sunday
questioned by Kerala Police for over four hours in the Malayalam actress
abduction case before being allowed to go.
He had appeared before the
police probe team on Friday, but after a while, fell sick. Following the advice
of a medical team, police had stopped the questioning and let him go.
Shah reached the Aluva Police Club at 10 a.m. and underwent a medical check up
before the questioning began.
Emerging at 3 p.m, Shah told the waiting
media that it was on the direction of police that he decided to seek medical
advice after he fell sick on Friday, but said that he wanted it to go on as he
wanted to clear his name.
"There was a media hype against me and lots of
lies are being spread against me, so more than anyone else, it's my need that I
come clean... I answered all the questions that were put up to me and police
were friendly towards me," said Shah. He also maintained that superstar Dileep,
arrested for alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the abduction, is
innocent.
The police probe team will now submit the details of the
questioning to the Kerala High Court on Monday as Shah's anticipatory bail plea
is before it.
The high court last week directed the police probe team not
to arrest Shah till September 18, but asked him to appear before the police
probe team.
Sunday was the second time that Shah was questioned at
length. In June, he and Dileep first appeared for questioning and were allowed
to go after a marathon 13-hour-long session.
But on July 10, Dileep was
arrested after further questioning and since then he has been in the Aluva
sub-jail as three of his bail peas were turned down.
Monday will be a
crucial day in the case, as Shah's anticipatory bail is posted for hearing as is
Dileep's wife and actress Kavya Madhavan, while the trial court will pronounce
its verdict on Dileep's fourth bail plea.
The abduction took place in
February, when the actress was on her way from Thrissur to Kochi.
She was
taken around in her vehicle forcefully for about two hours before being dumped
near actor-director Lal's home, from where police was informed.
The key
accused -- Pulsar Suni and his accomplices involved in the actual abduction --
were arrested a week later and following detailed questioning, police unearthed
an alleged conspiracy angle in the abduction and arrested Dileep.