KOZHIKODE: K K Shailaja, the LDF candidate of Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency, has received a legal notice from UDF candidate Shafi Parambil. Shafi’s notice has asked Shailaja to withdraw the allegation that he had circulated obscene clippings of her. The notice also mentioned that she should convene a press meet within 24 hours and tender an apology.

Shailaja alleged that Shafi and his party activists circulated obscene videos using morphed images of her. This statement led to cyber-attacks against him and his family. Shafi said that even his elderly mother was not spared by the CPM cadres on social media. In the wake of elections, there are fierce accusations and counter-accusations between the two in Vadakara.

Shafi pointed that Shailaja’s statement in the press meet convened on April 20 that she has not mentioned about the obscene video is not true and she had earlier said that obscene videos including morphed images were being circulated in family WhatsApp groups. In the notice, Shafi's lawyer alleged that saying that she has not made such a statement is to taint his image to garner the sympathy of the public during elections.