Comedy Of Terrors: Towards A Just Epilogue

Though the victim was sexually abused in 1995-96, the ground for trial has been set only now, and that thanks to an interim order by Justice Chandrasekhara Pillai of the Kottayam special court directing the investigating officer to file a single chargesheet in which offences of the accused are described separately.

According to the chargesheet, Sreekumar is the first accused in the case with charges of rape of a minor, illegal detention and wrongful confinement, rape without consent and violation of various sections under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act. The chargesheet states that the filmstar raped the girl with two of his associates in an Ernakulam hotel on November 7, 1995.

But he’s only a small fry, his star status notwithstanding. In a deposition before the police, the girl named some really big fish—senior police officers, film producers, municipal councillors and big businessmen. The trial is slated to begin end of this