Malayalam actress assault case: Actor Dileep in further trouble

KOCHI: The special investigation team probing the actress assault case held a meeting on Thursday ahead of preparing a supplementary chargesheet against actor Dileep. The meeting was chaired by ADGP B. Sandhya, who has the overall charge of the investigation. The meeting took place amidst reports that Dileep, one of the prime accused in the case, presented a set of medical documents to show that he was under treatment in a hospital on the day of the abduction and assault of the actress. The probe team believes that it was a conscious attempt by him to mislead the investigation.

During interrogation, he told the police that he was under treatment in a private hospital for a week beginning from February 14. He also presented the relevant medical documents. Cops connected with the probe say that he only visited the hospital during the day and was never admitted for treatment. The police also said that he procured the relevant documents from the doctor sometime later. The police buttress their claim by citing that the actor was present at a few film locations during these days.

Dr Hyder Ali, who treated Dileep in these days, told reporters that the actor was under his treatment from February 14 to 18, but was not admitted as an inpatient. According to the doctor, Dileep used to visit the hospital in the morning to take the medicines and returned a couple of hours later. Paramedical staff were also regularly sent to his residence to give him medication every evening.The illness and treatment of Dileep have emerged even as the SIT is mulling naming the actor as the first accused in the supplementary chargesheet in the case. The SIT is considering to make the actor the first accused on the ground that he hatched the entire conspiracy and hired the goons to commit the crime.