Actress Shwetha Menon entangled in legal issues
Actress Shwetha Menon entangled in legal issues
Actress Shwetha Menon who had featured with Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan has landed in police net for earning money through obscene films.
Police reports reveal that no case was initially registered on the complaint by Martin Menachery, but he later went to court seeking registration of an FIR.
Police on Wednesday revealed that a case for publishing and or transmitting obscene material in electronic form has been registered against the Malayalam film actress Shwetha Menon on a complaint based on certain scenes in some of her past movies.
However, Police reveal that no case was initially registered on the complaint by Martin Menachery, but he later went to court seeking registration of an FIR.
According to an Officer of the Ernakulam Central Police Station, after the court’s directive, an FIR, under section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology (IT) Act and provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act has been filed.
Notably, Shweta was seen with Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgn in the 1997 film Ishq and then with Shah Rukh Khan in Asoka.
As per Advocate Vimala Binu of the Kerala High Court, the charges are unlikely to stand legally. Adding that Swetha has acted in films as part of her professional freedom. These are certified films, not banned in India. There is no legal violation in acting in such films..
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Shwetha became a prominent name in the Malayalam industry and went on to do films like Salt N’ Pepper, Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Rathinirvedam, and Kalimannu.
In 2018, she also participated in the Malayalam reality TV series Bigg Boss, hosted by Mohanlal.
The actress who has landed in a massive controversy is in the running for the post of president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).
The elections will be held on August 15.
News Edit KV Raman
