Rapper Vedan booked for rape after criticism of sexual abuse on promise of marriage

Malayalam rapper and songwriter Hirandas Murali, popularly often known as Vedan, has been booked for rape on a criticism lodged by a younger physician accusing that he sexually abused her on the promise of marriage.

The Thrikkakara police in Ernakulam, Kerala, registered the case after the petitioner approached the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kochi City) on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) night time. The police registered the case after recording the petitioner’s assertion.

“We are verifying the details, after which additional steps shall be taken. The incidents resulting in the criticism passed off 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 passed off,” a senior police officer advised The Hindu.

Reportedly, the petitioner got here ahead with the criticism after she got here throughout the account of one other girl who allegedly had related experiences with Vedan.

Vedan had confronted sexual abuse allegations up to now as properly throughout the top of the Me Too motion.

On April 28, 2025, the Hill Palace police in Kochi arrested Vedan together with eight different mates allegedly with six grams of ganja from his condominium close to Vyttila in Kochi. 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. Later, he was launched on bail in that case as properly.

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

Vedan additionally hit out at Ok. P. Sasikala of The Hindu Aikya Vedhi on her take towards rap music tradition. He acknowledged that these opposing him appear to be troubled by the politics that he had been advocating. “Such responses present that what I’m doing is hitting on the proper level,” he had mentioned.