With actor-producer Vijay Babu accused of raping a young woman actor still proving elusive, the Kochi City police have adopted a two-pronged strategy to bring him back.
On one hand, they have initiated moves to get a Red Corner notice issued against him by the Interpol through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the international organisation’s nodal agency in India. The notice was likely to be issued by Tuesday night. The police had already warned about such a move if Mr. Babu failed to heed their repeated demands to return to Kerala to face the investigation.
“We initiated the process after it became clear that he had not boarded either of the two flights from Dubai to Kochi on Tuesday. Once the notice comes into force, he would be arrested and brought here. We are also trying to get him deported through the embassy there, which can be done without the Red Corner notice,” said C. H. Nagaraju, District Police Chief (Kochi City).
