Even as the mystery behind the abrupt withdrawal of the molestation complaint lodged by actress Swetha Menon against N Peethambara Kurup MP continues, Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan opined that it is for the former to explain why the complaint was withdrawn at this juncture.
He told mediapersons here that Swetha Menon should come up with an explanation.
Achuthanandan had demanded stern action against Peethambara Kurup, after his name surfaced in Swetha Menon’s complaint.
Swetha Menon had stated in public that a people’s representative had misbehaved with her at the venue of the inaugural event of the President’s Trophy Boat Race held on last Friday.
In her statement given to the Kollam East police, she dropped her initial vacillation and clearly mentioned the name of Peethambara Kurup. But she withdrew the charge a few hours later through an e-mail sent to the media.
Police are still waiting for the receipt of a formal plea with sound legal footing on Swetha Menon’s withdrawal of complaint.
To avoid future trouble, it is understood that the top brass of the police had issued directions to the local police to ensure that Swetha Menon puts whatever she wanted to do with her complaint on record, as a statement in front of a magistrate.
Meanwhile, K Muraleedhran MLA, who had the other day flayed Swetha Menon indirectly by pointing out that as a woman who had no qualms in filming giving birth to her child and therefore could not claim the leniency of a ‘prey’, on Monday maintained a discreet distance from the row. He said that since she had withdrawn her complaint,it is a closed chapter now.
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