Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra has filed a sexual misconduct complaint against director Ranjith, leading to a police investigation. Kochi: A case has been registered against director Ranjith following the complaint lodged by Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra. IGP & Commissioner of Police S.
Syamsundar informed ANI on Monday, "Received a complaint from the victim in the abuse case regarding Director Ranjith. A crime in the north police station has been registered under section 354 and the investigation will be as per the mandate to be decided by the special investigation team constituted by the government for the same." Earlier on Monday, Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra filed a complaint with the Kochi City Police against Ranjith, a day after he resigned as the chairman of the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy.
The complaint follows allegations of sexual misconduct that Mitra made public recently. In an email sent to the Kochi City Police Commissioner, Mitra detailed an incident from 2009 when she was in Kochi for discussions about a role in the movie Palerimanikkam, which Ranjith was directing. Mitra claimed that during the discussion, Ranjith "clutched" her hand and attempted to touch other parts of her body with sexual intent.
"I was invited to act in a film 'Palerimanikkam' directed by Ranjith. As part of discussion I was called to the flat in which Sri Ranjith was staying at Kaloor Kadavanthra, Kochi. During the course of discussion, he clutch hold of my hand and later on .