Actor Aju Varghese booked for disclosing name of assaulted actress
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Kochi: Police on Thursday took the statement of actor Aju Varghese and booked him for disclosing the name of an actress who was abducted and assaulted in a moving car.
The police also seized Aju Varghese’ mobile phone using which he had allegedly posted the message on social media.
He has been charged under Section 228 A of the IPC (Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences).
The actor had earlier expressed regret over revealing the identity of the actor.
The popular actress, who has worked in Tamil and Telugu films, was abducted and allegedly molested inside her car for two hours by the accused, who had forced their way into the vehicle on February 17 and later escaped in a busy area here.
Six persons, including ‘Pulsar’ Suni, have been arrested in connection with the incident.
After his arrest, on the charge of conspiracy, Dileep has been expelled from various film forums, including the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), as the industry rallied behind the actress.