The Kerala Police on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) formally recorded the arrest of film director and former independent legislator P.T. Kunju Muhammed in a case concerning the alleged outraging of the modesty of a woman filmmaker.
The police questioned Mr Muhammed at the Cantonment police station. They released him from custody in accordance with a district court order granting the director anticipatory bail and protection from arrest.
Mr Muhammed chaired the jury which selected Malayalam films for the recently concluded 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).
The police case was that on November 6, Mr Muhammed invited the woman to his suite room in a posh hotel on the pretext of discussing the movie selection process and outraged her modesty, forcing her to flee.
According to the police, the woman filed a complaint under the POSH Act (Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act) with the Kerala Chalachitra Academy.
