Manikya Malaraya Poovi row: Priya Prakash Varrier moves Supreme Court to quash an FIR lodged against her

Thursday, 22 February 2018 13:10

Actor Priya Prakash Varrier, who recently became an internet sensation for her wink in a song from a Malayalam movie, Oru Adaar Love, moved the Supreme Court.

The 18-year-old actor was seeking the quashing of an FIR lodged against her in Telangana.

She also sought the top court’s direction to prohibit states from initiating any criminal proceedings against her. In her plea, Varrier, a student of B.Com from a college in Thrissur district of Kerala, sought protection from an FIR lodged on complaints alleging that the lyrics of the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi from the movie Oru Addar Love were “offensive” or “violated the religious sentiment of a particular community”.

In her plea, she said that an FIR has been lodged against her on February 14 at the Falaknuma police station in Hyderabad on a complaint that alleges that the song hurt the religious sentiment of a particular community. She said that on the same day, a criminal complaint was also filed by the Secretary of Raza Academy, Mumbai, with the Commissioner of Police to take appropriate action against the petitioners, taking down the video and prevent it from being broadcast.

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