Actor rape case: Dileep to be slapped with additional charge

Actor Dileep to be charged with destruction of evidence in the rape case 

Actor Dileep, the eighth accused in the actor rape case, is to be slapped with the additional charge of causing disappearance of evidence in the actor rape case. The prosecution is likely to file the additional charge against him shortly.

Mr. Dileep was earlier accused of conspiring with the other accused in the case.

Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen the offender, has been listed under Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution decided to slap the additional charge against Mr. Dileep after completing further investigation in the case, which was launched after the revelations of filmmaker Balachandrakumar.

Mr. Balachandrakumar had stated before the police that he had witnessed Mr. Dileep and others watching the visuals of the alleged rape at the actor’s Aluva residence.

The charge of causing disappearance of the evidence comes into play as the actor had not produced the visuals before the investigation agency despite being asked to do so. He has also caused the disappearance of evidence in the process, according to prosecution sources.

If found guilty, the convict can get a jail term of up to 10 years since primary offence of rape in the case attracts a punishment of life imprisonment, sources indicate.