Submitted digital proof to police: Lakshmipriya

Kochi: AMMA vice-president Lakshmipriya on Monday countered the organisation’s joint secretary Ansiba Hassan’s claim and said she submitted “full digital evidence” to police authorities as proof.

The controversy reached a boiling point after Ansiba lodged a complaint with chief minister’s office, accusing Lakshmipriya of fabricating a police case and alleging that she was unlawfully detained and mentally harassed by Tripunithura police for over three hours.

Countering the Drishyam actor’s claims, Lakshmipriya clarified that the friction stemmed from a personal grievance. Lakshmipriya said she was forced to approach Tripunithura women’s cell in Jan after receiving “highly inappropriate” WhatsApp messages from Ansiba.

The text exchange severely disrupted and threatened her family life, Lakshmipriya told reporters just before giving a statement to the police. She maintained that she repeatedly sought an explanation from Ansiba, who allegedly refused to cooperate, leaving legal recourse as the only option.

Dismissing the “unlawful detention” charge, Lakshmipriya told reporters that she possessed full digital evidence and that both actors were at the station for exactly one hour, 17 minutes and 20 seconds.

“I’ve submitted the digital evidence, including timestamps and text logs, to Thrikkakara ACP as proof,” she said.

Furthermore, Lakshmipriya defended executive committee member Tiny Tom against Ansiba’s accusations of character assassination and “jihadi” branding. She said the narrative was being deliberately twisted and weaponized by certain factions to create a communal rift.

Insisting that AMMA had no structural role to play in an isolated text dispute between two members, Lakshmipriya reiterated her right to protect her family privacy, firmly shifting the battleground from the film association’s boardrooms to the police.