Four held for blackmailing Suraj Venjaramoodu

Four persons were arrested by the Tripunithura police on charges of blackmailing actor Suraj Venjaramoodu over the phone.

The police said that a person claiming to be an advocate practising at the High Court called up Suraj and promised to clear him off the case registered for sexually abusing a minor girl from North Paravur. Following this, the actor alerted the Ernakulam Crime Branch, which is probing the case at present.

As the caller was from Tripunithura, Crime Branch team asked Tripunithura police to track the caller. As directed by the police, Suraj asked the caller to come over to the shooting location at Alappuzha to collect the money.

The main accused Radhakrishnan, 45, of Cheriathuparambil House, Nedumbassery was arrested along with his three accomplices Unni, 45, Ashok Kumar, 42, and Sunil Kumar, 37. The accused persons will be presented before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate on Friday.