updates from what's been happening in the Malayalam film industry actress reati samat has accused prominent Malayalam actor Siddiki who also served as the General Secretary of the association of Malayala movie artists the Amma of sexual misconduct now let's take a look at what's happened in response the Kerala government has formed a team of senior senior police officers to investigate these serious allegations against Siddiki and other key figures in the malam film industry special investigation team comprises of Four Women police officers this remember comes in shortly after the release of the Justice HMA committee report which exposed widespread harassment and abuse faced by women in the industry Fallout has been Swift ACTA sidiki has resigned as the General Secretary of the amama and director Ranjit has stepped down as the chairperson of the Kerala chalachitra Academy in the recent interview actress riti claimed the incident occurred when she was 21 years old she revealed that sadiki initially reached out to her on Facebook let's take a look at what's been said by the actress herself I had sought help but I did not receive any support nobody was there no support groups were there for me it's not like I haven't moved legally against this I did move legally once but I can't do it again if you can give assurance that they can give us security and we don't have to pay the price of our dreams then we can come forward I'm ready to come out with all the evidence he sent me messages on messenger and WhatsApp but do we have such security I'm still coming back to track on my career I'm working hard meanwhile the association of the Malayalam movie artists responded to the Justice hmer committee report on working conditions and sexual exploitation in the Malayalam film industry the Amma welcomed the report but denied the presence of powerful groups and dismissed the casting couch claims let's take a here to what exactly has been said by one of the members it is important that those who are being accused step down from Amma because it will help in an impartial probe if found guilty they should be punished accordingly wrongdoers must face the consequences of their actions this isn't just about our industry everyone should feel safe at their workplace if I'm called I will give my statement in the mum industry such a committee was formed a probe happened and a report was made it hasn't happened in other Industries in every industry women children and men should be safe well with that now let's cut across to our colleague VI Narayan who's joining us on the broadcast to bring us more details VI a very good morning to you a rather concerning morning for the mollywood industry at this given point very concerning claims being made by the actress RTI and from what she has said she seems to be hesitant even till date about whether or not she will receive any sort of protection from the authorities when she comes out with her allegations against who she's claimed or rather as we know they're all big shots in this industry this brings out a rather sad picture about the industry help us understand what exactly are we learning about this entire matter so far uh yes this are very serious allegations that's been made by RTI samat remember two years three years back she has made the similar allegations against act sadik but that at that point of time he was not the General Secretary of Amma he was a member of Amma uh but then uh there was no she has not lodged a police complaint and the siddik has dismissed the allegations that's made against him but now with the HMA committee uh report uh being revealed and uh the actors coming forward and saying that at the age of 21 that she was uh sexually harassed uh and also uh she was uh locked in a room she was sexually harassed and then uh siddik came back after a long time and again she was uh subjected to sexual sexual harassment uh you know the charges that's been made against the actress is extremely serious now it's up to siddik to prove his innocence but till now siddik has not commented on this matter uh the same holds uh with uh actor I mean director renjit who's also the chairman of this chalachitra Academy but in that case it was sexual advancements there was no sexual allegation changes allegations that's been made by the Bengali actress sria Mitra uh remember uh at this point of time uh the the president of Amma has accepted the resignation and now uh it's up to the government to decide whether to register a case against them but legal experts say that unless an until the complainant goes ahead and file a complaint that you cannot register a case a third party person going and filing a complaint you cannot register a case and that's the reason why the legal experts and uh you know the police is in a dilemma right now there is a meeting uh of the sit team that's formed Yesterday by Chief Minister which will be held uh you know in some time and decide as how to go ahead as far as this case is concerned they will be uh you know you know holding meetings with the members of Amma also they will have deliberations with uh the victims those people who have complained and you know take the matter ahead because this is a matter that's highly concerning this is the film industry something which is in the public domain and hence people will be looking at it very seriously uh for the last three days the the the the the kind of incidents that's unraveling uh in the state you know this has come as a huge embarrassment for the Malayalam film industry which has been doing pretty well in the national uh level there has been you know fingers pointed towards various actors not just with siddik and Rit even a few of the other actors are also under the clout of Suspicion and hence uh on that particular front I in fact have another short question for you the while the hmer report the HMA committee report has been released and the Amma has welcomed the report but they have denied the presence of any big groups being involved but from what the allegations seem to be from the actress's side there clearly seems to be indications of a bigger Nexus here at work as you rightly mentioned it's not just a matter of sidik or Ranjit for that matter who have now step down from their roles but there seems to be involvement from other actors as well at this given point yes uh that is because a few few more other actresses has come forward and said that They too had a face Sim similar such situations even though it's not that crave and serious you know as RI s they did face certain embarrassing uh Ms there was sexual advancements towards them at various points but they did not name uh those uh actors in for for example yesterday in one such instances one of the actresses had said that a young superstar in 2013 had made such advancement but she did not name him or she said that she is not willing to file a complaint so there are a number of artists who are not willing to file a complaint they don't want the the the accused identity to come out maybe because of multiple reasons uh you know but some of them have come forward and revealed the name of the person and said that if proper legal assistance is been provided that they will take it forward so it's like you know various uh people are making are are with different opinions in this because the kind of atrocities that has been met with them is you know at different different uh magnitudes so hence that could be the reason because you know the Bengali actress has said that she she is not interested to file a case against RIT uh in this case because there was no sexual allegation sexual harassment as such it was just advancement uh but her intention was to expose him so right even RI samat had you know appointed in the same manner she would like to expose him the people should come to know Society should come to know that you know this is the kind of person that you're seeing on the screen so this is exactly what uh many of them are trying to say but uh in the HMA committee report the allegations you know the the the points that's been made the findings that has been made are extremely serious and and there are 11 paragraphs that has been omitted in that there are names of certain people who are higher ups in the industry if that comes up and after that if those uh victims uh you know go ahead and file a complaint then the government will be forced to register a case and then the matter will be taken off