Sreelekha Mitra lodges police complaint against Ranjith

Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra lodged a complaint with Kochi police against Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith, alleging a 2009 incident of sexual misconduct. The complaint was prompted by responses from public functionaries and follows Ranjith’s resignation as chairman of Kerala State Chalachithra Academy, amid revelations of industry-wide harassment issues highlighted by the Justice Hema committee report.