Kerala actress assault case: Survivor objects to impleading of two AMMA members

The move by the two AMMA members comes days ahead of a scheduled meeting of the film body with three actresses who had objected to the former’s decision to nullify the expulsion of actor Dileep. The popular actor is accused of grave charges including rape and conspiracy in the actress abduction case. AMMA’s move to bring back Dileep, even before the trial had concluded, had evoked staunch disapproval from the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) and various sections of civil society. It was chided as a move that belittles the seriousness of the case and as an insult to the survivor, who was a member of the film body then. Since then, the survivor and three other actresses had resigned in protest from the film body.

The meeting of the AMMA leadership with Revathy, Parvathy and Padmapriya is scheduled for August 7. The three actresses are still part of the film guild and have demanded a re-look at the decision to revoke Dileep’s expulsion from AMMA. The case dates back to February 2017 when a leading actress was abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang of men in a moving van near Nedumbassery, 30 kilometres off Kochi. One of the prime accused in the case, Pulsar Suni, had testified that the attack was carried out on the orders of actor Dileep, who had personal scores to settle with the survivor. The actor has swatted aside the allegations as ‘baseless’ and has demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the case.

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