Malayalam actor Mukesh arrested, released on bail on rape charges

In her complaint, a erstwhile pistillate histrion successful the Malayalam movie manufacture had alleged that Mukesh, a two-time Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA from Kollam Assembly constituency, had raped her successful 2010 astatine his level successful Kochi promising a rank successful the actors’ relation AMMA. The aforesaid pistillate had complained against different histrion Edavela Babu, besides a salient fig successful AMMA.

All 3 allegations came against the backdrop of the Hema Committee study connected the moving conditions of women professionals successful the industry.

Mukesh’s apprehension successful Kochi came aft astir 3 hours of questioning by a peculiar team. The actor, who was released from the constabulary presumption itself, did not respond to the media’s queries.

Earlier Tuesday, the Kerala High Court rejected Siddique’s anticipatory bail application.

A young pistillate histrion had made the allegation done the media, pursuing which Siddique was forced to measurement down arsenic AMMA’s wide secretary. Subsequently, the pistillate filed a ailment with Thiruvananthapuram metropolis constabulary which registered the FIR was registered nether sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. According to the complaint, the alleged transgression happened successful 2016 astatine a edifice successful the city.

The alleged incidental had taken spot successful a edifice country successful the authorities superior successful 2016. Police had collected assorted pieces of grounds from the edifice records which prima facie substantiated the allegation of the woman.

Siddique is the lone histrion whose bail exertion has been rejected since the latest intersexual harassment and rape allegations broke out.

On their part, the actors person denied the allegation calling it “blackmail tactics” and “criminal conspiracy to tarnish the estimation of the Malayalam industry”.

While granting Mukesh anticipatory bail earlier this month, the sessions tribunal successful Ernakulam observed that the complainant had not mentioned astir a forcible intersexual intercourse successful her archetypal connection but claimed astir usage of unit lone aft archetypal proceeding of the bail plea.

The justice Honey M Varghese, who examined the veracity of the allegations for considering the pre-arrest bail plea, said: “There is simply a wide favoritism betwixt rape and consensual sex”.

“No constituent of forcible intercourse was mentioned successful the archetypal statement. In the further statement, recorded aft the archetypal proceeding of the bail application, she said she was subjected to forcible intercourse. Nothing to notation successful the connection regarding coercion and instigation,” the tribunal said.

It further said: “She (the complainant) accompanied him to get rank (in AMMA). The lone contention of the pistillate was that her consent was obtained connected the spot of a committedness of rank successful the association.”

But determination has been a increasing clamour for Mukesh’s resignation pursuing the allegations though his enactment the CPI (M) has truthful acold thrown its afloat value of enactment down the histrion politician.