<p>Kollam: The police on Thursday released film director V K Prakash on bail, following a Kerala High Court order that granted him anticipatory bail in a sexual harassment case.</p><p>Officials at Pallithottam police station said that Prakash was interrogated for two days. </p><p>Subsequently, he was granted bail on the third day, in accordance with the High Court's directions outlined in the bail order.</p>.I am against the remake and dubbing culture: VK Prakash.<p>"We interrogated him for the last two days and also on the third day. We then granted him bail, as directed by the High Court," a police officer told PTI.</p><p>A woman scriptwriter had accused Prakash of sexually harassing her in April 2022, when she approached him to narrate a possible movie script.</p><p>She made these revelations after the Justice K Hema Committee report was released that studied the problems women face in the Malayalam film industry.</p>.SIT begins probe into allegations mentioned in Hema committee report .<p>Prakash, however, has denied these allegations and claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case after he told the woman that her story was not fit to be made into a film.</p><p>He also accused the woman of blackmailing his friends, raising similar charges and alleged that the woman had made sexual advances at him, even sending him WhatsApp messages with sexual undertones.</p><p>The Kerala High Court, while granting anticipatory bail to Prakash, had observed that a custodial interrogation is not required as the accused is willing to abide by any stringent conditions imposed by the court and to cooperate with the investigating officer.</p><p>However, the court directed that before releasing him on bail, the investigating officer should interrogate him for three days, between 9 am and 2 pm and subject him to a medical examination, if necessary.</p>
<p>Kollam: The police on Thursday released film director V K Prakash on bail, following a Kerala High Court order that granted him anticipatory bail in a sexual harassment case.</p><p>Officials at Pallithottam police station said that Prakash was interrogated for two days. </p><p>Subsequently, he was granted bail on the third day, in accordance with the High Court's directions outlined in the bail order.</p>.I am against the remake and dubbing culture: VK Prakash.<p>"We interrogated him for the last two days and also on the third day. We then granted him bail, as directed by the High Court," a police officer told PTI.</p><p>A woman scriptwriter had accused Prakash of sexually harassing her in April 2022, when she approached him to narrate a possible movie script.</p><p>She made these revelations after the Justice K Hema Committee report was released that studied the problems women face in the Malayalam film industry.</p>.SIT begins probe into allegations mentioned in Hema committee report .<p>Prakash, however, has denied these allegations and claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case after he told the woman that her story was not fit to be made into a film.</p><p>He also accused the woman of blackmailing his friends, raising similar charges and alleged that the woman had made sexual advances at him, even sending him WhatsApp messages with sexual undertones.</p><p>The Kerala High Court, while granting anticipatory bail to Prakash, had observed that a custodial interrogation is not required as the accused is willing to abide by any stringent conditions imposed by the court and to cooperate with the investigating officer.</p><p>However, the court directed that before releasing him on bail, the investigating officer should interrogate him for three days, between 9 am and 2 pm and subject him to a medical examination, if necessary.</p>