Court summons Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan in manager assault case

The court has summoned actor Unni Mukundan in connection with the attack of former manager Vipin. The actor has been ordered by the court to make an in-person appearance. The Kakkanad Magistrate’s Court issued the summons. He has been instructed to show up on this month’s 27th.

Actor Unni Mukundan was the subject of a May case after his former manager filed a complaint alleging verbal and physical abuse. The “Marco” star had already posted a thorough statement on social media, denouncing the claims of assault against him as “false.” He added that the man who accused him of assaulting him was never given the position of manager.

He clarified in his statement that he never attacked Kumar ‘physically’. “Vipin Kumar contacted me when I was about to produce my first film under my own production around 2018. He was never assigned as my personal manager ever, on record. There was no physical attack at any point of time as he claims and the allegations put forth are absolutely false and untrue. The whole place is under CCTV scanning,” he wrote in his statement.

Mukundan, who gained newfound popularity after the box office success of his film ‘Marco’, called Kumar’s allegations entirely ‘false’. “I started getting many complaints regarding Vipin for gossiping and loose talks, from new and reputed film makers…anyway, on meeting him in person, he simply ignored all my concerns,” he wrote.

Mukundan continued in his statement, “He claims he has the support from a few of my friends from the industry…Since he had access to all my digital data, I then requested him to submit a written apology. He did not send it, rather I saw entirely false, fake and alarming allegations circulating against me on news portals and social media,” the 37-year-old actor added (sic).”

The complainant, who claimed to have worked for Mukundan for six years, also filed a complaint against film bodies, including FEFKA (Film Employees Federation of Kerala) and AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists). Later, in an interview with the media, he stated that Mukundan had been feeling irritated lately due to the fact that, despite “Marco’s” popularity, he had not had any solid film proposals.