KOCHI: The Ernakulam Principal District Sessions Court has ordered the accused who tried to kidnap actress Shamna Kasim by blackmailing her, to appear on December 12. All ten accused, including hair stylist Harris and Rafiq, who approached the actress with a marriage proposal are directed to appear before the court. The order was passed by District Judge Honey M Varghese.

The other accused in the case are Muhammad Sharif, Ramesh, Asharaf, Abdul Salam, Rahim, KK Abubakar, Najeeb Raja and Jafar Sadiq. The accused approached the actress with the demand to be a partner in the gold smuggling. When she refused for this, Harris, Rafiq and Sharif planned a marriage fraud, informed the police.

The accused had prepared a script to convince Shamna and her family. The first plan of the scam fell apart when the actress refused to pay Rs 1 lakh when the man pretending to be the groom demanded money. Later, they tried to blackmail Shamna and kidnap her for ransom. The scam came to light when Shamna's mother lodged a complaint with the police. Within a few days, all the accused were caught by the police.