Kochi: Malayalam actor-director Lal on Friday also said that he was disheartened to notice that some reports accused film producer Anto Joseph of playing a role in the actress attack case.
''I had called up Anto soon after the incident. He stood with the actress during the time of crisis. And now people are pointing fingers at him. I am disheartened to see the trouble he has to go through for offering to help the actress,” he said.
Check: Anto Joseph on what really happened that fateful night
The noted Malayalam actress was waylaid and harassed while she was traveling from Thrissur to Kochi in a film unit's car.
What Lal told media, a day after the arrest of main accused Pulsar Suni:
» Arresting the main accused is one of the best things that Kerala police have done
» Timely intervention by DGP Loknath Behera helped the case
» Production controller sent the car after the actress requested for it
» She was going to the house of another actress Remya Nambeesan
Arrest of car driver Martin
» Martin, who was the driver of the film unit's car in which the actress was attacked, claimed he too was injured
» I found the actions of car driver suspicious and hence asked him not to leave the house
Read: Attack on actress & the arrest of Pulsar Suni: as it unfolded
Pulsar Suni was well-behaved
» Didn't know Pulsar Suni earlier, met him at the sets
» Pulsar Suni was one of the drivers present at the set
» He was extremely well-behaved and was liked by everyone in the set
Also Check: Actress attack plot, execution all mine: Pulsar Suni
'Pulsar Suni was present at actress' movie location, but never made a wrong move'
Lal on Dileep
» Dileep had called me after hearing of the incident, he was overcome with grief
» I can't understand why his name is being dragged into the case
Also read: I am not that actor: Dileep slams media for dragging his name into actress attack case
Dileep slams attempts to twist facts
New generation films
» Some reports said drug usage was rampant at the sets of new-generation movies
» In all these years that I have worked in the industry, I have never seen drugs or alcohol being used at the sets
» It's not possible to make movies like that