"Those who are active in the film industry do not have any underworld connections. But there are people other than these actors and technicians in the industry.
"Some among them may have some sort of underworld connections and have a criminal background. There should be a strict scrutiny before permitting them in the industry," the he said here during a function.
The Malayalam film industry is a democratic one and criminals cannot wield their influence over it, he said, if any such attempt was made by these elements, government would extend complete support to check it.
Vijayan also termed as "unfortunate" and "wrong" the trend of bringing out fictitious names and depicting certain people, who are no way connected to the incident, as culprits.
The popular Malayalam actress was abducted by a group of persons and assaulted in a moving car in Kochi last week.
Police arrested the prime accused in the case 'Pulsar' Suni and his accomplice V P Vijeesh as they entered a local court complex in Kochi yesterday to surrender.
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