The police recently opened an investigation against Sreelekha, after she uploaded a video on her YouTube channel, on 10 July, and claimed that Dileep was innocent, and accused the police of acting under the pressure exerted by the media.
Since she was the former Deputy General of Police, Prisons of Kerala, the police argued that it was imperative that her claims be verified.
“It is submitted that R Sreelekha IPS, a former Director General of Police made some serious allegations against the findings of the investigation agency especially with respect to the accused 8, Dileep Gopalakrishnan on July 10, 2022 through her ‘YouTube channel. She has specifically alleged that the accused in the case is innocent and falsely implicated,” said a petition filed in the trial court under section 482 of the CrPC on 13 July.
Sreelekha, in her video, had alleged that the investigation officials made a mistake about dragging Dileep into the case and were not willing to admit to it. She also alleged…