Shiji Shivaji, a lawyer who is also a member of the Women's Commission, has responded to the Malayalam actress' decision to accept the apology extended by the youths who molested her in a shopping mall in Kochi. She clarified that the incident cannot be seen as an attack on a young actress but as an attack against the entire female community.

Shiji Shivaji said this while responding to a Malayalam news media. She said the police had intensified the search for the youths because of the intervention of the commission and that the community could never forgive the fact that a girl was humiliated in broad daylight in a densely populated mall.

Earlier, the actress had stated that she was ready to accept the apology extended by the youths. The actress informed this through her social media account.