Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday termed the kidnap and assault on a Malayalam actress as “horrendous”. “It is horrendous. There is fundamentally wrong with our society,” he told CNN-News18.
“The entire thing is horrific. I applaud her for the courage to fight back. Many people brush these kinds of things under the carpet. Our patriarchal society somehow managed to give the impression that the victim is responsible,” he added.
The incident reportedly occurred on Friday night when the actress was travelling from Thrissur to Ernakulam. Sources said a tempo-traveller rammed into the vehicle in which she travelling. When the driver of the actress’s car got down after the collision, two men entered the car and assaulted her and tried to click pictures. They then drove the actress towards Ernakulam for the next half an hour, sources said.
On Sunday, police arrested the actress’s driver on suspicion of colluding with the attackers. They suspect a gang, led by the actress’s former driver, Pulsar Suni alias Sunilkumar, to be behind the attack.
“We should all stand by her. A member of society is not safe unless there is someone to protect. Everyone cannot walk around with Z plus security. People have the right to go for their work, to come back from work. The police needs to look into this thoroughly,” Tharoor said.
“Law and order is for the protection of everybody… We should use her courage and start educating our people how deeply criminal this is. This is criminal misbehavior. The government has the responsibility to improve law and order,” he added.
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