KOCHI: Actor Sreejith Ravi has been taken into custody and questioned by Ottapalam police as the registration number of a car mentioned in a complaint, wherein the accused flashed himself before a few schoolgirls, belonged to him.
The man in the said car, according to the schoolgirls, had allegedly flashed his genitals to them.
According to police, the students were flashed by a man in the car and the investigation is on to find the accused. The incident came to light when the girls told their teachers about the incident. The girls had noted the number of the car and had conveyed it to their teacher.
The police said they started the investigation after the school principal lodged a complaint. Upon investigating the registration number of the car, they found that it belonged to the actor.
“The actor was detained and was questioned based on the complaint. The investigation is on and the accused will soon be nabbed,” said a senior police officer with the Ottapalam police.
However, Sreejith Ravi told media that the children could’ve made a mistake with the number. He also claimed that the children would have recognized him if he was the culprit.
Disney Tom is a senior correspondent with The Times of India in K...
Read MoreDisney Tom is a senior correspondent with The Times of India in Kochi. He writes on a range of issues including crime, courts, religion, and culture. He joined The Times of India in 2015 through campus placement from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. He likes to travel and write about people and places.
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