Kerala: Malayalam actor and CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh booked for alleged rape

The Kerala Police has booked Malayalam actor and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA M Mukesh for rape based on a complaint by an actor, PTI reported on Thursday.

A first information report was registered against Mukesh by the Maradu Police under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to rape (376), assault or criminal force to women with the intent to outrage modesty (354) and insult to the modesty of a woman by word, sound, gesture or object (509).

An actor on Monday levelled allegations of sexual misconduct, and physical and verbal assault against several co-actors and technicians in the Malayalam film industry, including Mukesh.

Beside Mukesh, the Kerala Police booked five others based on the complaint against seven persons, The Hindu reported.

The allegations came following the release of the Justice Hema Committee report.

Actor and former general secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists Edavela Babu and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s ex-legal aid chief VS Chandrasekharan have been booked in the matter.

Maniyanpilla Raju, an actor and former office-bearer of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, and production controller Noble have been booked for criminal force or assault against a woman with the intention of outraging the modesty and insulting a woman’s modesty by uttering words, making sounds or gestures, the newspaper reported.

A first information report was also registered against a production controller,...

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