Case registered against Sreekumar Menon based on Manju Warrier's complaint

_{The Thrissur East Police Station has filed a case against director Sreekumar Menon after Malayalam film actress Manju Warrier filed a complaint to Kerala Police Chief Loknath Behera. The district's Crime Branch SP C D Sreenivasan will investigate the case.}

_{The grounds for registering the case against Menon include outraging the modesty of women, stalking and indecent representation of women via social media.}

_{Menon had directed Manju's movie Odiyan.}

_{In her complaint filed on Monday, Manju alleged that Menon has been threatening and defaming her. She also handed over digital evidence to buttress her claims.}

_{"After the release of Odiyan, I have been receiving defamatory messages on social media. I have been subjected to cyber attacks. I tried to ignore them, but Menon has been troubling me. Menon and his friend Mathew Samuel have been posting defamatory statements against me. I am afraid that he may harm me," Manju Warrier wrote in her complaint.}

_{She also alleged that Sreekumar Menon has been misusing the letterhead of her foundation - Manju Warrier Foundation - and blank cheques signed by her.}

_{Manju Warrier played the lead in Odiyan which starred Mohanlal opposite to her and the film bombed at box office.}

_{Menon's response to the allegations}

_{Meanwhile, the director took to Facebook to reply to Manju's allegations.}

_{“Dear Manju, What are you up to? I trusted you though many of your friends had warned me about your bad behaviour,” Menon wrote on Facebook.}

_{He also cited an incident involving Manju during a shoot in Hyderabad.}

_{“When she left her house, she had only Rs 1500 in her bank account and she was very worried. At that time, I handed her a cheque of Rs 25 lakh as advance for her first advertisement shoot,” he wrote.}

_{Menon, had also clarified that he will cooperate fully in the case.}

_{After Odiyan bombed at box office, he had blamed Manju Warrier for not supporting him. He had also pointed fingers at M Padmakumar, director of Joseph, who was brought in to help in Odiyan's making.}

_{Manju was last seen in Dhanush-starrer Asuran which marked her debut in Tamil industry.}