Dileep sexual assault case: PC George stokes another controversy with comments against survivor

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Kottayam, Aug 11:
Senior
politician
P
C
George
on
Thursday
courted
yet
another
controversy
by
making
‘distasteful’ remarks
against
the
actress,
who
was
abducted
and
sexually
assaulted
by
a
gang
in
2017,
saying
it
was
she
who
has
benefitted
by
getting
more
opportunities
in
movies,
after
the
incident.

Answering
a
question
during
a
press
meet
here,
George,
known
for
making
controversial
remarks
in
sensational
cases,
even
mocked
the
use
of
“survivor”
while
referring
to
the
case.

“The
survivor
is
getting
several
films
now…I
don’t
think
she
suffered
any
loss
after
the
issue.
The
loss
which
she
had
suffered
in
life
as
a
woman
might
be
huge,
if
the
said
incident
was
true.
But,
my
belief
is
that
she
got
benefits
in
other
areas,”
the
former
MLA
alleged.

The
senior
politician
also
slammed
reporters
who
questioned
his
unsavoury
remarks
during
the
press
conference
at
the
press
club
here.

Kerala
HC
declines
to
quash
murder
conspiracy
case
against
actor
Dileep
or
transfer
it
to
CBI

The
former
MLA
had
earlier
made
alleged
distasteful
statements
against
the
survivor
and
openly
extended
support
to
actor
Dileep,
the
eighth
accused
in
the
case.

He
was
arrested
recently
in
a
sexual
assault
case
and
over
hate
speeches
against
the
Muslim
community.

George,
who
had
represented
Poonjar
in
the
assembly
for
over
three
decades,
suffered
suffered
a
huge
setback
in
the
Assembly
polls
held
last
year
as
he
had
lost
his
bastion
to
the
LDF
candidate
by
a
huge
margin.

According
to
police,
the
actress,
who
has
worked
in
Tamil
and
Telugu
films
besides
Malayalam,
was
abducted
and
allegedly
molested
inside
her
car
for
two
hours
by
the
accused,
who
had
forced
their
way
into
the
vehicle
on
the
night
of
February
17,
2017
and
later
escaped
in
a
busy
area.

The
entire
act
was
filmed
by
the
accused
to
blackmail
the
actress.
There
are
10
accused
in
the
case
and
initially,
police
arrested
seven
people.
Dileep
was
arrested
subsequently
and
let
off
on
bail
later.