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Actress Swetha Menon withdraws complaint over alleged groping (see controversial pics)

Kochi: After two days of standing her ground, popular Malayalam film actress Swetha Menon has withdrawn her complaint against Congress MP Peethamabara Kurup for allegedly groping her.In an email to the media late Sunday evening,




Shouting slogans against the actress, party activists walked through the main road in Kollam and warned they would continue their protests against her.

"She is one woman who, in a Malayalam film ("Kallimannu"), allowed scenes of the delivery (of a baby) to be shot," said a Youth Congress leader while addressing the activists.

"Yes, the police have registered a case, and that is as it should be. I'm happy that the police have taken up a case. Now, I will deal with it in the legal way," Kurup, a member of the Lok Sabha, told reporters after hearing the news that a case under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent of outraging her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against him.