KOCHI: Leading celebrity makeup artist Anees Ansari, native of Chakkarapparambu in Ernakulam, searched by the police on sexual abuse complaints, has filed an anticipatory bail plea in the high court. He in the plea said the complaints of women are fabricated and a planned move to destroy his salon.

Meantime, the investigation team which reported opposing the anticipatory bail, told the court that the allegations against Ansari are serious and that an investigation taking him into custody is necessary.

When the complaints were raised against him, it was speculated that Anees had fled to Dubai, but his passport was obtained in a search at his house. With this it became clear that he had not gone abroad. As police were unable to locate Anees, they took his relative and friend into custody. Police have received a total of seven cases against Anees, but only four of them have been registered. The police said that more cases would be registered after the completion of the statement on the complaints received.

A woman in Australia had complained that Anees misbehaved with her and sexually assaulted while doing makeup on her wedding day. She said that she is lodging the complaint, as more were lodged against him. The woman in her complaint said that she was ready to give more statements if a case was registered against him. The police initially refused to register the complaint sent via email, but later registered. Police said he is absconding.