Kochi: With actor Dileep, out on bail in the actor abduction and sexual assault case, hiring the service of Goa-based private security firm ‘Thunder Force’, the Kerala police is closely monitoring movements of the security personnel and the actor.
Based on a direction from higher-ups, the Kottarakkara police on Saturday took two vehicles of the security firm into custody and later released them after a detailed inspection.
“We wanted to check whether they were having required licence and permissions needed to carry any weapon. The vehicles and the staff were thoroughly checked. Upon finding that everything was in order, the vehicles and the staff were released,” said inspector of police, Kottarakkara, A. Sunil.
Earlier, Dileep hired the services of ‘Thunder Force’ which deployed three personnel for his round the clock security. The security personnel arrived at the house of the actor at Aluva Kottaramkadavu on Friday as the Kerala police had no clue about armed personnel travelling in convoy vehicles and taken by surprise. Later a Special Branch officer arrived at the actor’s house and collected the details.
Retired IPS officer P.A. Valsan is the Kerala head of the security firm and sources close to the actor said the main job of the security personnel is to prevent mob from attacking Dileep.
Sources said the action is part of the cops’ strict monitoring measures to ensure that the actor won’t misuse the facility to influence witnesses or other such activities affecting the case. The Special Investigation Team is set to submit the additional chargesheet in a week’s time and the investigation officers are mulling to array Dileep as the first accused. Currently Sunil Kumar aka Pulsar Suni is the first accused while the actor is 11th accused.
