Malayalam actor approaches police alleging blackmail

Popular Malayalam actor Dileep has lodged a police complaint alleging blackmail by a man, who claimed to be a friend of the prime accused in the case of abduction and assault of a South Indian actress.
Dileep told Malayalam news channels that he filed the complaint with the Director General of Police on April 20 along with evidences of blackmailing allegedly with the knowledge of prime accused Pulsar Suni.
"Truth should come out. No one in the filed of cinema should face such a situation," he said.
Dileep's friend and film director Nadirshah said a man named Vishnu from Edappally in Ernakulam, claiming to be the friend of Suni, had telephoned him seeking a huge amount from the actor.

Nadirshah said Vishnu, claimed to have shared a cell with Suni in jail, told him that some people in the Malayalam film world have offered to give money to Suni if he says Dileep's was a conspirator in the case during interrogation.
Nadirshah claimed Vishnu has also offered to give him money for helping to trap Dileep in the case.

The revelation came in the wake of media reports that police is planning to reopoen the abduction and assault case. Police, however, remained tight lipped on the issue.
Meanwhile, local media published a copy of a letter said to be written by Suni to Dileep.

The purported letter, having a seal of the jail where Suni is lodged, is written hinting that the abduction and harassment were done with the knowledge of Dileep.
PTI could not independently verify the veracity of the letter.
Earlier, Dileep slammed a section of the media for "targeting" him in connection with the alleged abduction and harassment of the actress by a gang of men on February 17.
Dileep, who recently got married to Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan,had said he did not have any contact, directly or indirectly, with any of the accused involved in the "heinous crime."
Meanwhile, Congress MLA P T Thomas demanded a CBI probe into the actress assault case.

He said he has written to Chief Minister seeking CBI probe into the incident.
Six persons, including 'Pulsar' Suni, Martin and Vigeesh were arrested by police in connection with the incident.
The actress, who has worked in Tamil and Telugu films, was abducted and allegedly molested inside her car for two hours by the accused, who had forced their way into the vehicle on the night of February 17 and later escaped in a busy area in Kochi.