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Kerala Court Sends Filmmaker Ranjith to Three Days’ Police Custody in Assault Case

The custody order gives investigators time to collect evidence, with a bail ruling due April 7.

Overview

  • Ranjith, produced in Kochi on Saturday, was remanded to three days of police custody pending a bail hearing set for April 7.
  • Police registered an FIR on March 28 and say they corroborated the actress’s account before arresting him in Thodupuzha.
  • The complaint states he called the actress into a caravan on the Fort Kochi set and tried to assault her.
  • A Special Investigation Team is leading the probe and plans to gather forensic and circumstantial evidence from the caravan.
  • His initial lawyer, Mohammed Siyad, quit after criticism over his role on the film’s Internal Complaints Committee, and senior advocate S. Rajeev has now appeared for the defense.