Malayalam actor Maala Parvathi on Monday resigned from the internal complaints committee of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists to protest the organisation’s inaction against actor Vijay Babu, who has been accused of rape.
The rape case against Babu was registered on a complaint filed by another actor on April 22. She has alleged that Babu sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions on the pretext of offering roles in films.
Babu was initially charged under the Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).
But after the actor went live on his Facebook page on April 27 and revealed the name of the complainant, he was booked in another case. Revealing the identity of a woman who has been raped or has levelled the allegations is punishable under Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code.
