Kochi: Malayalam actress Bhavana was taken hostage in her car by a group of men who allegedly had followed the actress and gotten into a brawl with her driver on Friday night.
The actress was returning to Kochi from Thrissur, when a tempo hit her car near Nedumbassery International Airport in Athani. The occupants of the tempo reportedly pushed Martin, driver of Bhavana’s car after a heated argument with him, and made away with the car with the actress in it.
It is learnt that the men drove around for at least one-and-a-half hours in the city during which they took photos and videos of the actress and fled away at Palarivattom junction after which the actress herself drove the car to the home of a film producer who stayed nearby.
It is gathered from police sources that Martin has been taken into custody as he is also suspected to be a part of the plot, hatched by Sunil Kumar, a driver who was earlier employed by the actress two months ago. Sunil Kumar, who has criminal charges against him, was fired by Bhavana from his job for which he is suspected to have held a grouse against her. While Kumar is the main conspirator in the case, the whole act of creating the facade of an accident, attacking Martin and later kidnapping the actress was done with the knowledge of Martin, police said. Martin was detained by the police early Saturday from Angamaly.
