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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (File photo)
At a meeting of senior police officials convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, it was decided to form an SIT consisting of senior women police officers
The Kerala government on Sunday decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the allegations made by actresses in Malayalam films.
At a meeting of senior police officials convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, it was decided to form an SIT consisting of senior women police officers, headed by Spurjan Kumar.
The team consists of S Ajeeta Begum (DIG), Merin Joseph (SP Crime Branch HQ), G Poonkuzhali (AIG Coastal Police), Aishwarya Donkre (Deputy Director, Kerala Police Academy), Ajith V (AIG, Law & Order) and S Madhusudanan (SP Crime Branch).
CM Vijayan convened a meeting of senior police officials after some women working in films gave interviews and issued statements describing the ordeals they faced in the industry.
Earlier in the day, Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith resigned from his post as chairman of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy after a Bengali actor leveled misconduct allegations against him. The Bengali actress recently alleged that the filmmaker behaved inappropriately in 2009 when she came to shoot a film he was directing. Claiming that he was the “real victim” of the incident.
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