KOCHI: The police have launched an investigation on the sexual abuse complaint against director Balachandra Kumar. The secret statement of the complainant will be recorded. The Kochi City Police informed that after taking the statement of the woman, they will conduct a detailed investigation into the complaint.

The woman from Kannur complained that Kumar abused her in Kochi in 2011. She had lodged a complaint with the Kochi City Police Commissioner yesterday. Based on this, the Elamakkara police had registered a case against the director.

The complaint said that when she called Kumar for a job, he promised to give her a chance. After a month, he asked her to come to Ernakulam and then abused her on the top floor of a film lyricist’s house. When she told him that she would complain, Kumar threatened to circulate the visuals he had recorded.

Kumar had revealed that he was a witness to the conspiracy hatched by the accused, including Dileep, to kill the investigating officers in the case of attacking the actress. It was after this the woman came forward alleging that Kumar had sexually abused her ten years ago.