After 8 yrs, KL trial court to deliver verdict today in actor assault case

Actor Dileep was jailed for 86 days in connection with the rape by six-member gang in 2017

- P RAMDAS @ Kochi

OVER eight years after the traumatic incident and nearly five years since the start of trial, the long-awaited verdict in the 2017 actor abduction and sexual assault case is set to be delivered on Monday at 11am. Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court judge Honey M Varghese will pass the verdict following extensive trial proceedings that commenced on January 30, 2020.

According to the prosecution, the survivor was abducted by a six-member gang and raped by first accused N S Sunil aka Pulsar Suni inside a moving car in Ernakulam on February 17, 2017. He also recorded the brutal assault on his mobile phone.