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A trial court in Kerala has acquitted Malayalam film actor Dileep in a 2017 case pertaining to the abduction and rape of an actor. He was acquitted of all offences after a nearly eight-year trial.
However, the court found six other persons guilty of rape, conspiracy and abduction, among other offences. The punishment will be pronounced on Friday.
On February 17, 2017, six men kidnapped and sexually assaulted an actor inside her car for two hours. They had allegedly also filmed the assault to blackmail the woman. Dileep was among the 10 persons accused in the case and was alleged to be the mastermind of the assault. Read on.
As IndiGo’s flight operations were disrupted for the seventh day, the Union government has said that the crisis was caused by “an operational issue” created by the airline. The government had ordered an inquiry and intended to set “an example” for the aviation sector by taking strict action in the matter, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu told Parliament.
