Kochi: Well-known Malayalam producer-actor Vijay Babu has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a female actor and disclosing the survivor’s identity through a Facebook live session.
Vijay Babu, who is reportedly untraceable since the police charged him with rape following the woman’s complaint, appeared in a Facebook live session and claimed innocence, saying he is the “real victim”.
As the producer, who is also the founder of the production company Friday Film House, disclosed the survivor’s name and identity, which is an offence, another case was also filed on him.
“A rape case was registered against him first. As he disclosed the survivor’s identity, another case was also filed. It seems that he is out of station and absconding now,” a senior police officer told news agency.
The woman, who appeared in movies produced by Vijay Babu’s production house, filed a complaint with the police on April 22 and detailed through a Facebook post the physical assault and sexual exploitation she had allegedly suffered at the hands of the producer-actor for the past one-and-a-half months.
