THRIKKAKARA: The Info Park police arrested Liju Krishna, a young director accused of rape. The shooting of the film Padavettu progressing is being directed by Liju Krishna. He was taken into custody from the location of this film at Mattannur in Kannur.

A woman software engineer, a native of Kottarakkara and residing in Kakkanad, got close with him through Instagram. In the complaint lodged to Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), she accused him of rape in the pretext of marriage. She said that he had raped her at an apartment in Kakkanad in June 2020 and then at a hotel at Edathala in December and later at his house in Kannur in June 2021. WCC handed over the complaint to the commissioner. The Info Park police recorded the statement of WCC members Geetu Mohandas and Parvathy. The accused will be produced in the court today.

Padavettu is bankrolled by Sunny Wayne. 90% of the shooting of the big budget film in Malabar has been completed. The shooting halted due to Covid resumed recently. The shooting will be in a crisis with the arrest of the director.