Probe in rape case towards Vedan in preliminary stage, says Kochi City police chief

The investigation within the rape case registered towards Malayalam rapper and track author Hirandas Murali, popularly often known as Vedan, is within the preliminary stage and he’s but to be issued discover to seem, mentioned District Police Chief (Kochi City) Putta Vimaladitya.

Talking to reporters in Kochi on Thursday (August 7, 2025), Mr. Vimaladitya mentioned accusations of economic transactions are additionally being probed and that related sections can be invoked within the occasion the police pay money for any proof to substantiate these.

“The petitioner has mentioned that some individuals have been conscious concerning the happenings. We will confirm it with the individuals involved and file their statements. Further motion can be taken accordingly,” mentioned Mr. Vimaladitya.

The Thrikkakara police registered the case towards Vedan after the petitioner, a younger physician, approached the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kochi City) with the grievance that she was sexually abused on the promise of marriage, on July 30. The police registered the case after recording the petitioner’s assertion.

The incidents resulting in the grievance have been discovered to have taken place a couple of years in the past. The case was registered by the Thrikkakara police after it was talked about as one of many locations the place the alleged sexual abuse on the promise of marriage befell.

Reportedly, the petitioner got here ahead with the grievance after she had got here throughout the account of one other lady who had comparable experiences with Vedan that she allegedly confronted.

Vedan has confronted sexual abuse allegations prior to now as effectively in the course of the top of the ‘#MeToo’ motion.

The Hill Palace police in Kochi arrested Vedan together with eight different buddies allegedly with six grams of ganja from his condo close to Vyttila in Kochi on April 28, 2025. While he was launched on bail in that case, he was instantly arrested by the Forest division after he was discovered possessing a leopard-tooth pendant. He claimed that it was gifted to him by a fan. He was later launched on bail in that case as effectively.

Since then, he had run-ins with the BJP and Sangh Parivar outfits after a BJP councillor of Palakkad municipality lodged a grievance towards Vedan accusing that his music defamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and promoted caste divisions.