Actor Dileep files fresh plea to stop probe in sexual assault case

For actor Dileep Thursday was a busy day at a few courts here and the first event happened at a local trial court near his house at Aluva which decided to send 6 mobile phones of the actor and his close aides to the state run Forensic Laboratory in the state capital for further probeAlmost at the same time his counsel filed a fresh petition at the High Court seeking to stop further investigation in the case registered following fresh disclosures by a former friend and director Balachandrakumar in December last yearAnd in the afternoon his anticipatory bail plea in the above case which has been hanging fire for the past few weeks was heard by the High CourtHis counsel argued that the fresh case surfaced following the joining of hands between the police and Balachandrakumar who both have an axe to grindVeteran lawyer B Raman Pillai arguing for Dileep said the two parties have joined together and there is not even an iota of evidence other than a pen drive where all the allegation against the actor has been storedPillai further argued and asked where is the laptop and other equipment The only thing that is there is a pen drive which contains sounds that are not audible and even broken statements and these are all what they have against the actorAt the time when the court was to close the hearing for the day it said the arguments will continue on Friday at 145 pm when the prosecution will be heard and proceedings for the day will endBut putting a brave face was Balachandrakumar who said Pillai does not know what are the evidences that are there against Dileep and hence he is making such statementsJust wait very soon all the details of the crucial evidence against Dileep will be coming out said BalachandrakumarThe probe team had last week moved a fresh application claiming that the actor had conspired to do away with the officials probing the case and this came after the actor his brother Anoop brotherinlaw Sooraj aide Appu alias Krishnadas and close friend Byju Chengamanad were interrogated for 33 hours over three daysA frontline south Indian heroine had complained that she had been abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang of goons in 2017 and certain scenes were filmed to blackmail her After the main accused Sunil was arrested and questioned Dileep was accused of being the main conspirator in the case and arrestedAccording to the prosecution Dileep who is presently out on bail after spending two months in jail had also seen the visuals of the attack on the actressThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever