The Kochi City police have further tightened the noose around the actor-producer Vijay Babu, who stands booked in two cases, including for rape, by issuing a lookout circular against him across all airports and searching his multiple properties for evidence.
Babu was initially slapped with a case for rape by the Ernakulam South police on a petition by an upcoming actor, who had acted in one of the films produced by his production company and was released on an OTT platform last year. The second case was registered under IPC Section 228A (disclosure of the identity of the victim in certain offences) after he had gone on Facebook live revealing the name of the survivor.
“Prima facie, the evidence suggests that the charge of rape is true. For, there is an element of fear and exploitation involved,” said C.H. Nagaraju, District Police Chief (Kochi City).
