Kochi: The survivor in the actress sexual assault incident of 2017 has approached the Bar Council of Kerala seeking action against lawyers of actor Dileep, the eighth accused in the case, alleging that they were interfering “unprofessionally and unethically” in the trial. In her plea, the actress alleged that Dileep’s lawyers and the advocates assisting them in the case committed “illegal and unethical acts”.
Naming the lawyers, the actress said they were “interfering unprofessional and unethically in this case, since at the very beginning of the trial which started on January 30, 2020.”
Listing out various instances of Dileep’s lawyers’ illegal and unethical acts, the actress alleged that they have forced about 20 of prosecution witnesses to turn hostile.
