The Woman in Cinema Collective (WCC) has come forward wielding its support to Shamna Kasim over the arrest of fraudsters who attempted to extort money. The organization heaped Shamna with praises for her daring move, which has exposed the extent of crime against women present in the society. While taking the social media space, WCC also maintained that the government should pay attention to the Hema Commission report. They also raised the demand for a Special Tribunal in this context.

Urging the government to take immediate action regarding this, the WCC social media post praised Shamna for taking legal actions against those who tried to cheat her. It was the timely intervention made by Shamna and family, which helped police catch the perpetrators. With Shamna’s complaint hitting headlines, police has started receiving several other complaints from various corners of the society.

Several young women, who primarily work in the modeling field, have come forward registering their complaint. This also prompted police officials to lead the investigation that caught a group of fraudsters, some of whom also works in the film field as well. The investigation is going on and earlier this day, the wife of prime accused, Rafeeq, came forward and said that Rafeeq had a long history as a trickster.

Kochi police is now taking the statement of Tik Tok fame Yasir, a Kasragod native. The accusers used Yasir’s photo to extort money from the actor. The police also have obtained information about the person who reached Shamna’s house, introducing him as producer.

Meanwhile FEFKA has given memo to production controllers directing them not to give actors’ numbers to any strangers. Many including casting director have been asked to register in FEFKA. People who have registered will be permitted to work.The directors’ body launched a women’s wing to inquire about the authenticity of casting direcotrs. They are also planning to make an awareness short film directed by Jomon T John, starring Anna Ben.

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The gang of impostors, arrested for allegedly threatening and trying to extort money from actor Shamna Kasim, had planned to kidnap her and demand a huge ransom, revealed Kochi City Police Commissioner Vijay Sakhare.

Eight of the 12 members of the gang, which hatched the conspiracy and tried to execute their plan, have been arrested, while the other four are absconding, he said.

“The imposters, who established contact with Shamna Kasim and her family in the pretense of a marriage proposal for her, had made a plan to kidnap the actor, hold her hostage in a hotel room and demand a huge ransom. However, it did not materialise,” he said.

The Commissioner also told the media that the gang had asked Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 from Shamna but she refused to give the money. “When this attempt failed, they planned to kidnap her,” the police commissioner said.

The arrested gang members are also accused of holding eight women, who worked as models, captive in Palakkad in March and extorting money from them.

Their success prompted them to go in for a bigger operation and try to extort money from an actor like Shamna, the police said.

Police have registered seven cases against the gang on the basis of separate complaints filed by Shamna and other models.

They said the gang managed to collect details of the actor from those in the film industry after convincing them that they planned to produce movies.

Widening the probe to the Malayalam film industry, police had summoned and taken the statements of popular actor Dharmajan Bolgatty, whom some of the arrested gang members had allegedly contacted during the lockdown.

Police, however, clarified that the film personalities do not have any role in this particular case.

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The probe in the blackmailing case of actor Shamna Kasim is taking new turns as there is involvement of film actors. As per the latest reports, the police have summoned actor Dharmajan to the commissioner’s office in Kochi. His statement in the case will be recorded. The police have directed him to appear directly to the commissioner’s office.

Police summoned the actor after they came to know that the actor is close to one of the accused in the extortion case, P Haris. The police have obtained information that the accused had contacted film actors for gold smuggling. Based on this information, Dharmajan has been asked to appear.

The probe is moving on to film actors as the police acquired information that the accused in the case had contacted them. The police had collected details from four actors in addition to Dharmajan. These actors have accompanied Shamna for stage shows abroad.

P Haris, a hair stylist in M’Town, who allegedly have involvement in the crime, has been taken into custody. He has close contacts with make-up artists and film stars. He is native of Thrissur. The police expect to get crucial details from him.

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After Shamna Kasim’s mother filed a case on June 24 in Kochi against six people for allegedly threatening the star in an attempt to extort money, the police team reportedly arrested the main accused, Muhammed Shareef, who is the mastermind behind the crime, along with six others. Rafique who faked his identity and approached the actor with a marriage proposal is another major player in the crime. Now as per latest reports, the police will be recording Shamna Kasim’s statement today in the extortion case.

Shamna, who has been filming in Hyderabad, will be reaching Kochi today to give her statement. As she was filming in Hyderabad, the actor will have to be under quarantine as per guidelines and hence the police will be recording the statement online, through video conferencing.

The whole incident came to light when Shamna’s family filed a complaint. As per reports, the accused approached the actress’ family with a marriage proposal before the lockdown. The con artists claimed that they are from a well-known respectable family from Kozhikode. After developing close connections with the family through phone calls, the group visited Shamna Kasim’s home, captured pictures and videos of the star’s home, and later threatened her and demanded Rs 1 lakh as per the complaint.

The police suspect that the accused are members of a thriving gold smuggling and sex-racket based in Kochi.

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According to the police , the four were Thrissur native and approached the actor in the pretense of a marriage proposal.They told the actor that proposal is from a Tik Tok star who is a Kasaragod native.They had visited her house and later threatened to misuse her photos.The police further questioned them for more details.

Shamna told the media that she proceeded with the complaint to save others from such fraudulent activities.

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