AMMA also came under the firing of Siddique’s sympathizers for not standing up for the veteran actor after actress Revathy Sampath accused him of sexual misconduct in the wake of the Hema Committee Report.
Thus, during the media interaction recently, Sampath sought to defend herself, saying that the incident in question happened when she was only 21 years of age. She also disclosed that Siddique first contacted her through the social site Facebook, where he called her “Mole,” a local slang for a young girl or daughter in Kerala.
“I had a very bad experience after I finished my Plus Two STD. They are harassing me. I could come and discuss a film. He called me ‘Mole.’ Now he is emailing that he has changed. I was twenty-one years old. He sexually abused me, Siddique.
There is a new person in him now.” C. K. Siddique resigned as the general secretary of AMMA on Sunday. AMMA vice president Jayan Cherthala said it was true.
Describing him as a “criminal,” the actress said Siddique beat her up and used verbal abuse against her. She said, “He assaulted me, physically and emotionally. Siddique is a criminal. I underwent the most severe mental harassment. It hampered my job too.
No system supported me. It took so much time to come out of it.After the incident happened, Siddique behaved as if nothing had happened and was standing before me with just a normal look as if nothing had happened. Her colleagues also responded as if it were normal for anyone to do such a thing. It felt like they
Revathy said that in order to avoid, she ran away. She said, “I escaped to flee childcare. I answered as well as I could at the age of that time. He told me that there was nothing I could do. I fled, got into an auto, and escaped.”
