Malayalam Actor Nivin Pauly Gets Clean Chit In Sexual Assault Case

Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly on Wednesday got a clean chit by police in sexual assault case.

police team, probing case, filed a report in local court for dropping name of Pauly from list of accused, while investigation against or five will continue.

In September, a woman accused actor and five ors of sexually assaulting her.

Soon after woman levelled allegations, 40-year-old Pauly denied accusations, saying he had never seen r spoken to complainant.

After two days, Pauly filed a complaint with State Police Chief (SPC) seeking a probe into what he termed were "baseless" accusations.

Pauly said that he would fight it legally to prove his incence.

He said that he would fight case t only for himself but also for people facing similar accusations by women.

Incidentally, when name of Pauly surfaced, it attracted a lot of traction as on August 19, Justice Hema Committee report was made public and highlighted pitiable conditions of women in film industry including sexual exploitation.

Pauly, who has won two Kerala Film Awards, started as a software engineer before joining film industry in 2010. He has worked in over 50 films, of which many were box-office hits.

He turned producer with 'Action Hero Biju' in 2016 under his banner Pauly Jr. Pictures, which turned out to be a super grosser.