KOCHI: Actor and former MP Suresh Gopi was seen deliberately avoiding questions from journalists on Wednesday. Suresh Gopi was in Kaloor in Kochi to attend the Kerala Piravi celebrations organised by transgenders. As the reporters approached him, Suresh Gopi avoided the questions by saying, "No body touching, please keep away from me."

The police had registered a case against Suresh Gopi for misbehaving with a woman reporter. The incident related to the case took place on October 27 while Suresh Gopi was talking to reporters in a hotel in Kozhikode. While responding to the questions of reporters, Suresh Gopi was seen putting his hand on the shoulder of a woman journalist who had asked a question he did not like. It is clear from the footage that Suresh Gopi repeatedly placed his hand over the journalist's shoulder even after she brushed his hands away.

The police registered the case under Sections 354 (A-1 and 4). Following the incident, Suresh Gopi had tendered an apology to the woman reporter through his social media page.