Kannur, Dec. 9 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the State government would continue to stand by the survivor in the 2017 Malayalam actor abduction and assault case, in which a local court a day ago had acquitted actor Dileep.

Addressing a press conference in Kannur, Vijayan also remarked on the "strange" remarks made earlier today by Congress MP and convenor of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), Adoor Prakash, who said he believed that actor Dileep has "got justice."

"The prosecution handled the case very well. At every stage of the case, society at large and the legal community had expressed only positive opinions. The government's handling of the matter has sent a message that it would take a...