Malyalam actor Dileep, who was acquitted of charges in the 2017 actress abduction and sexual assault case, said Monday that it was a cooked-up case by the police that had failed in the court.

“In the court, the cooked-up story of the police failed,” he said as he walked out of the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court, moments after being acquitted

All smiles, he waved to supporters amid tight security as a battery of lawyers in their traditional black robes escorted him to his car.

Outside the court complex, supporters celebrated by distributing ‘laddoos’, while similar scenes unfolded near his residence at Aluva.

It was with considerable difficulty that Dileep managed to move through the crowd before finally addressing the waiting media.

Launching a scathing attack on the investigation

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