Overview
- The Cantonment Police in Thiruvananthapuram registered the FIR on December 8–9 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 74 and 75(1).
- The complainant, a member of the IFFK selection committee, alleges the jury chairman invited her to his hotel room during screening duties and molested her.
- Investigators say hotel CCTV places both individuals at the venue on the alleged date, and formal questioning of the director is being scheduled.
- The complaint was submitted in writing to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and was subsequently forwarded to the police for inquiry.
- P.T. Kunju Muhammed denies the allegation and says he will contest it legally, while police note the charges are bailable and the probe continues.