Trial in actress attack case to begin on January 30

KOCHI: The trial in the actress attack case will commence on January 30 at the special CBI court in Ernakulam. The court has ordered all 12 accused including actor Dileep to be present for the hearing.

The first phase of hearing of witnesses will last till April 7. It is learnt that the victim and the first witness will be heard in a secret trial. Earlier, the court announced the date of hearing as both the prosecution and defendant failed to come to an agreement regarding the date.

It must be noted that the police had submitted a list of 359 witnesses in the case along with the charge sheet.

The incident occurred on 17 February 2017 while the actress was on her way to a shooting location. As per the findings of the investigating team, the accused including Pulsar Suni committed the crime after receiving instructions from Dileep. Dileep was later arrested on July 2017.