Police had yesterday taken the driver of the actress' vehicle into custody soon after she complained about the ordeal she underwent the previous night while travelling from Thrissur to Kochi for dubbing.
The actress was allegedly harassed for two hoursby a gang of men, who forced their way into her car before fleeing at a busy areahere.
"Some people have been taken into custody. We would be able to talk about their role in the incident only after a proper verification", a top police officer told PTI.
Kerala DGP Loknath Behera has constituted a special investigation team to probe the case, following widespread condemnation of the incident.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hassaid the gang members involved in the crime have been identified and they will be arrested very soon.
The actress in her complaint to police stated that on Fridaynight her car was hit from the rear by a tempo traveller van at Athani,between Aluva and Angamaly.
The members in the van forcefully entered her car and took control of it before proceeding to Kochi.
The actress' driver is suspected to have followed her carin the vehicle used by the gang members.
During the drive, the men harassed her, by clicking herpictures and making a video, she has said in her complaint.
After nearly two hours of drive through Kochi city, they left the actress in the car in Palarivattam andfled the scene. She was later taken to the house of film director Lal inThrikkakara by her driver.
A woman judicial magistrate has taken her statement about the incident. Police had also taken her for a medical examination at a hospital near Kochi.
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