Dileep gets interim protection from arrest, ordered to appear for interrogation
Deccan ChronicleKochi: The Kerala High Court on Saturday granted interim protection to actor Dileep from arrest but directed him and other accused to appear before the investigating officers on January 23, 24 and 25 for interrogation. The court was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Dileep in a case registered against him and five others for allegedly threatening the officers probing into the sexual assault of an actress in 2017. The court also directed the public prosecutor to submit a report on the interrogation and material evidence in a sealed cover on January 27, when the matter would be heard again. The Crime Branch had, on January 9, registered the case on a complaint filed by an investigating officer based on a purported audio clip of Dileep, which was released by a TV channel in which the actor was allegedly heard conspiring to attack the official.