Jolt for actor Dileep as survivor seeks to be impleaded in sexual assault case

Kochi: Actor Dileep suffered a jolt on Tuesday as the survivor in the actor abduction case requested the Kerala High Court to hear her while deciding on the petition filed by the former to quash further investigation into the case.

When the petition filed by Dileep came up for hearing, senior advocate S Sreekumar, representing the survivor, submitted that she wanted to file an application seeking to implead herself in the case. Following the request, the court adjourned the case to Monday.

In his petition, Dileep said there is no shred of evidence against him in the fresh case that was registered in the last week of December and it arose because of a conspiracy between the investigating officer Byju Paulose and Balachandrakumar with the full knowledge of director general of Police B. Sandhya and Crime Branch chief S. Sreejith.

In his petition, he stated he is a victim of the conspiracy and since there is no evidence against him, the FIR in the case should be quashed and if that's not possible, then the case should be referred to the CBI.

And now with the victim herself deciding to implead in the fresh case, all eyes are on what the court will decide on her application.

On February 7, Dileep and his aides had got anticipatory bail from the High Court in the case filed by the Crime Branch, where he is believed to have said that he will finish off a few police officials who were behind trapping him in the abduction case.

The revelation was made by Balachandrakumar, a film director and a former friend of Dileep, following which the police registered the case and wanted him and his aides in custody.

After a few hearings and a 33-hour questioning spread over three days, the court granted him anticipatory bail.