Overview

• Vipin Kumar filed an FIR on May 26 after accusing Unni Mukundan of physically assaulting him in a Kochi parking lot and using abusive language when he praised Tovino Thomas’s film.
• The Info Park police have registered charges under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and are reviewing CCTV footage from the scene to establish what occurred.
• Unni Mukundan has denied any physical attack, admitting only to breaking Kumar’s sunglasses and insisting his ex-manager was never officially on his payroll.
• Vipin Kumar has also submitted complaints to industry bodies FEFKA and AMMA, framing the incident within a six-year professional relationship he describes as increasingly strained.
• The case remains under active investigation as police examine surveillance recordings and witness accounts to determine whether the confrontation crossed into criminal conduct.