Kerala police information cost sheet filed in opposition to bizman Chemmanur over derogatory remarks on lady actor

Chemmanur, proprietor of a sequence of jewelry outlets within the state and overseas, was arrested on January 8 after a lady actor filed a criticism on January 7 accusing him of constructing disparaging remarks with “double meanings” and sexual innuendos at her in particular person and on social media platforms. He spent 5 days in judicial remand earlier than being launched on bail by the excessive courtroom.

An officer with the Ernakulam Central police, which registered the FIR and submitted the cost sheet earlier than the Ernakulam Magistrate Court, stated that the police have collected robust proof in opposition to the businessman, together with digital proof of the remarks he made.

He additional stated that the businessman made repeated sexually loaded feedback concerning the actor to insult her after she stated no to his invites for the inauguration of his showrooms and different occasions. Video clips of his interviews on sure digital platforms wherein he made disparaging remarks have additionally been added together with the cost sheet, he added.

The businessman was booked beneath part 75(4) (making sexually colored remarks as a type of sexual harassment) beneath BNS and part 67 of the IT Act.

The actor had additionally filed a case in opposition to 30 others for dropping lewd feedback on her social media web page. At least one particular person was arrested in that case.

“You can believe in the might of your money. I believe in the strength of the legal system of the country,” the actor stated on social media after the businessman’s arrest in January.

“To murder a person today, one doesn’t need knives or guns these days. All they need is a bunch of social media profiles from which spew cruel, obscene, double-meaning comments and paid campaigns. The sharpness will increase if a person is leading the social media goondaism,” she wrote.