Weeks after the Supreme Court granted immunity from arrest to senior Malayalam actor Siddiqui in a rape case, he was formally arrested while appearing before an investigating agency on Friday and later released on bail.
The actor was formally arrested, underwent a medical examination and was later released on bail after he was produced in a court here.
The Supreme Court granted him protection from arrest on November 19.
Siddiqui approached the Supreme Court After the Kerala High Court refused to grant him relief on September 24, keeping in view the seriousness of the charges, his custodial interrogation was inevitable for proper investigation of the crime.
Siddique, who was booked for offenses under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation), claimed in his petition that the complainant subjected him to a “long campaign of harassment and false allegations”. From 2019.
Resigned from the post of General Secretary The Association of Malayalam Film Artistes (AMAMA) after a female artist’s rape allegations against him…
A number of FIRs were registered against several high-profile figures in the Malayalam film industry following allegations of sexual harassment against various directors and actors following revelations in the Justice (Retired) Hema committee report.
It was formed by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress abuse case and it exposed cases of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry.
After allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation were made against several artists and directors, the state government announced on August 25 that it would form a seven-member special investigation team to investigate the allegations.