Kalabhavan Mani accused of beating up forest officials
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
Thrissur:
A
group
of
forest
officials
have
allegedly
been
roughed
up
by
Malayalam
actor
Kalabhavan
Mani
in
Kerala,
a
police
official
said
on
Wednesday.
The
incident
took
place
on
Tuesday
night
at
popular
tourist
destination
Athirapally,
around
70
km
from
here,
when
the
forest
officials
were
checking
vehicles
at
a
check
post.
"The
officials
said
that
around
11.40
pm
when
they
waved
a
car
to
stop
for
checking,
they
found
Mani
on
the
driver's
seat.
But
he
did
not
allow
them
to
check
the
vehicle,
and
after
exchange
of
words,
he
drove
away.
But
they
alleged
that
he
returned
after
20
minutes
and
attacked
some
officials," an
official
at
the
Vettilappara
police
station
told
IANS.
So
far,
police
have
not
registered
a
case.
However,
three
forest
officials,
who
have
alleged
to
have
been
beaten
up
by
the
actor
got
themselves
admitted
to
a
government
hospital.
"A
young
lady
and
two
men
were
in
the
car
with
the
actor.
We
were
doing
our
job
and
we
got
roughed
up,"
said
a
forest
official
from
his
hospital
bed.
Meanwhile,
Mani
also
got
himself
admitted
to
a
hospital
on
Wednesday
morning.
He
could
not
be
reached
for
his
reaction
to
the
controversy.
His
phone
has
been
switched
off.