The Nadakkavu police in Kozhikode have submitted a chargesheet against actor and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suresh Gopi in a case related to his alleged misbehaviour with a woman journalist in the city in October 2023.
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (deliberately outraging the modesty of a woman) and those under Section 119 (a) of the Kerala Police Act (performing sexual gestures or acts in public places degrading the dignity of women) have been invoked in the chargesheet submitted by Binu Mohan, Sub-inspector of police, at the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court, Kozhikode.
The chargesheet relies on the statements of the complainant and those of 27 eyewitnesses.