Star Hero Arrested in Heroine's Kidnap and assault Case

Leading Malayalam actor and producer Dileep was arrested on Monday evening in connection with the kidnap, sexual assault of an actress (from the same industry) earlier in February in a moving car near Kochi.  The most-controversial case has been taking several turns in the past few days. First a supari gang led by Sunil Kumar alias Pulsar Suni was arrested in the case. And the case had been subsequently closed.

But it was reopened in April after actor Dileep approached police handing over a letter written to him by Sunil Kumar demanding money. Alleging that Sunil is 'blackmailing' him, Dileep approached police after which the case has been reopened in conspiracy angle. After thorough probe, police took Dileep into custody on Monday morning. He was lodged at Aluva Police Club. He was arrested in the evening.

This come as a huge setback to the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes Association (AMMA) who had been supporting Dileep in the matter. Dileep too maintained that he was no way linked to the case and claimed innocence. However, cops found that culprit Sunil Kumar tried to contact Dileep's close friend Nadarsha from the jail over the phone at least on three occasions.

After several twists and turns, cops have arrested Dileep on Monday evening. Dileep has had rift with the leading actress. The conspiracy to attack the actress, according to police, was hatched several years back and it was in the second attempt that the actress was attacked in the late night of February 19 in a moving car near Kochi. More details are yet to come.