India, April 3 -- Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith was recently arrested by the police and sent to 14-day judicial custody by the court in an alleged attempted sexual assault case. The lawyer representing him, advocate Mohammed Siyad, received flak for being a member of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for the film, on the sets of which the incident occurred. After a bail plea was filed and amid a row over his ICC membership, the advocate has quit the case. (Also Read: Ranjith claims innocence in attempted sexual assault case; Film Employees Federation of Kerala takes action against him)

The Women in Cinema Collection recently released a statement, a portion of which read: "We now hear that the IC members were "unaware" of a grave assa...