South actress Lakshmi Menon caught in kidnapping case

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The Kerala High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to actress Lakshmi Menon in a case of abduction and assault of an IT employee in Kochi.

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00:00That's popular Tamil and Malayalam actress Lakshmi Menon seen blocking a car and arguing.

00:10Her name has now surfaced in a case of kidnapping and assault of an IT employee in Kochi.

00:14On August 27th, the Kerala High Court granted Lakshmi interim protection from arrest until

00:18September 17th, with the case to be heard again after the court's vacation.

00:22So what exactly happened?

00:23It all began on the night of August 24th.

00:25A 27-year-old IT professional was allegedly kidnapped after an argument in a bar on Kochi's

00:30Banerjee Road.

00:31According to the complaint, the accused stopped his car near the north bridge, dragged him out,

00:34forced him into another vehicle and assaulted him.

00:37He also claimed that Lakshmi was inside the car with the attackers.

00:40The visuals have since gone viral.

00:41Kochi Police Commissioner Putta Vimalagitya confirmed that Lakshmi is among the accused,

00:45though her name has not yet been added to the FIR.

00:48Three others, Mithun, Anish and Sonamal, have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.

00:52Lakshmi, however, has denied the allegations in a bail plea, claiming the IT employee and

00:56his friends were the aggressors, and that she and her friend were verbally and sexually

01:00harassed inside the bar.

01:02This isn't the first time.

01:03Back in 2020, she made headlines when rumours of her entry into Big Boss Tamil season 4 went

01:07viral.

01:08She denied it, but her comments triggered a wave of trolling to which she shot back,

01:11saying it was her right to have an opinion and choice.

01:14Born in 1996, Lakshmi Menon built her career with a claim for films like Sundara Pandyan,

01:18Kumki, Jigarathanda and Vedala.

01:21But today, she's making headlines for very different reasons, caught in the middle of

01:24a high-profile criminal case that's now under the High Court's watch.

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