January 1, 2017
With the Malayalam actress abduction case trial set to
commence, one of the accused, actor Dileep, is set to move the court against the
police for failing to provide crucial documents for his counsel's perusal.
Dileep's counsel has been asking for a copy of the visuals of the actress
being harassed while she was taken around in a vehicle in Kochi for around two
hours before she was dumped near the home of a popular director.
When the
demand was first raised, a lower court had allowed for the actor and his counsel
to take a look at it in the presence of the court. However, now he wished to
have a copy of it, which the police was not willing to give.
His counsel
had also asked for certain other documents pertaining to the case, which was not
handed over and this would also be pointed out in the petition.
According
to the police, these were all vital evidences in the case and the privacy of the
victim was also to be taken into consideration, hence they were unwilling to
part with it.
The abduction incident took place in February 2017 while
the actress was on her way to Kochi from her house. The gang of criminals was
led by Pulsar Suni, who was named the prime accused.
The trial court in
December accepted the chargesheet that names a total of 12 persons, including
Dileep's former wife Manju Warrier, who is a key witness.
The 650-page
chargesheet included secret depositions. Among the list of witnesses, around 50
were from the film industry.
Dileep was arrested on July 10, 2017 and
after 85 days in jail, he got conditional bail.