THIRUVANANTHAPURAM :
A CASE of kidnapping and extortion
has been registered against actorcum-politicianG Krishnakumar and his family based on complaint filed
by a female employee of his daughter Diya’s, police said on Saturday.
The complainant has alleged that she was kidnapped by Krishnakumar and Diya and money was extorted
from her, police said.
At the same time, police also registered a case of embezzlement
against the employee based on the complaint filed by Krishnakumar and his daughter.
“The two cases have been registered. We are going through all the
evidence submitted along with the
complaints.
Further steps will be taken after that,” an officer of Museum
police station, where the FIRs have
been registered, said.
Krishnakumar, meanwhile, told a TV channel that while Diyawas pregnant, she was unable to monitor the
business and during that time, three
female employees working there
embezzled around Rs 69 lakh from
the firm. He claimed that when they got to know of it and threatened police action, the women came to meet them with their husbands and admitted to carrying out the embezzlement.
“They paid around Rs eight lakh
initially and said they willreturn the
rest of the money and asked us not
to file a complaint. But, later one of
them called and threatened my
daughter, following which we filed a
complaint with the police on May 30
or 31,” he claimed.