Malayalam actress who accused Mukesh of rape withdraws complaint

A 51yearold Malayalam actress who had levelled sexual abuse allegations against several male actors including CPIM MLA M Mukesh on Friday said she was not keen on pursuing her complaints due to lack of support and protection from the Kerala governmentThe complainant also alleged carelessness on the part of the state government and said she was mentally exhausted and therefore not keen on taking the complaints forwardI would like to tell everyone that due to the governments carelessness and lack of protection for a woman who has come forward like this I have suffered more than I can handle I am mentally exhausted They are not helping or protecting a womanTherefore I do not want to pursue the cases It is not because I have compromised with anyone she told reportersShe claimed she was made an accused in a POCSO case following her complaints against the actors also including Maniyanpilla Raju and Idavela Babu and the government did nothing to protect herI am innocent I want justice I want the POCSO case against me to be probed thoroughly and quickly If I commit suicide the government will be responsible for it she saidLater in the day she reiterated in a Facebook post what she told reporters in the morningIn the social media post the woman actor said Today I am planning to make the difficult decision to revoke all cases including those against MLA due to the lack of justice in my POCSO caseDespite my pleas the police failed to thoroughly investigate leaving me feeling helpless and betrayedShe further claimed that she was the target of relentless social bullying which has taken a devastating toll on her mental health as malicious rumours labelled her as a mediator of the sex mafiaI am standing firm refusing to be silenced My demand is clear resolve the POCSO case first then Ill proceed with the other cases Justice must be served I urge the authorities to take immediate action ensuring no one else suffers as I have The POCSO Act 2012 is in place to protect our children It is time to see it upheld she said in her postThe Muvattupuzha police had registered the case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act against the woman actor based on a complaint lodged by her relativeAccording to the police the incident occurred in 2014 The complainant has alleged she was a minor at the time of the incident and that the actor was running a sex racket She has alleged the woman actor was running a sex racket and had taken her to Chennai for a film audition where she was presented before many people for sexual favoursThe actor had vehemently denied the allegations and claimed that the woman relative owed her some money and these allegations were to shift attention from her complaint against the highprofile actorsThe actress allegations against the cinema industry professionals came in the wake of the disclosure of the Justice Hema Committee report which revealed instances of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam cinema industry prompting calls for action against the guiltyThe Justice Hema Committee was constituted by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress assault caseThe complete report was placed before the Kerala High Court which directed that it be handed over to the special investigation team SIT that was constituted to probe complaints of sexual abuse in the film industrySubsequently 26 FIRs were registered by the SIT in connection with the revelations in the report