Meanwhile, news agency PTI reported that reacting to the development, the Palakkad MLA said he would fight the case legally.

“As long as I am convinced that I have done no wrong, I will continue to fight legally. I will prove everything in the court of law as well as in the court of the people. Truth will prevai,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

State Health Minister Veena George expressed solidarity with the victim, saying Kerala is with her.

“Dear sister, Do not lose strength. Kerala is with you,” she said in a social media post.

Earlier, the Crime Branch had opened a case based on the initial audio clips and the chat messages.

That case was triggered by an email sent to the police headquarters by a few individuals, all of them third parties, as the woman herself had not come forward at the time.