‘Case can’t be registered against MLA’

Thiruvananthapuram | Sunday | 14th October, 2018

Summary:

Kollam: Actor Mukesh , who has been accused of harassment by a woman amid the #MeToo movement, cannot be arrested, legal experts have told police. The law does not give any special privilege to Mukesh but a complaint should be made against him, she said. He said O’Brien wouldn’t have cooperated with him if the allegations were true.O’Brien is an MP representing Trinamool Congress now. They have made it clear that a case cannot be registered against the actor based on a comment on the social media.Tess Joseph, a television director, had accused Mukesh, who is also an MLA , of harassing her 19 years ago. “We cannot act upon just a hearsay,’’ said the minister.The Kollam MLA had denied the allegation against him.Referring to the alleged incident that happened during shooting of a TV programme 19 years ago, Mukesh had said he didn’t remember the woman who had levelled the allegation..