Malayalam dubbing artiste Bhagyalakshmi said, she would resign from the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) in protest against the association’s “rushed move” to reinstate actor Dileep following his acquittal in the 2017 actress kidnap and sexual assault case. Bhagyalakshmi told the media that she could not adopt double standards on the case and would stand firmly with the survivor. She added that the trial court’s verdict was not final until it was upheld by the higher courts, and that FEFKA and other film trade associations should have waited for the legal process to conclude.
On December 8, FEFKA general secretary B. Unnikrishnan said that Dileep would be reinstated once he submitted a request. “We had expelled him within two hours of him being named an accused, and we will reverse it now that he has been acquitted,” he clarified.
