Uma Thomas says her husband was pressured not to testify in actor rape and abduction case

Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas said that her precocious hubby and erstwhile MLA P.T. Thomas had faced unit from assorted corners against giving his connection successful the histrion rape and maltreatment case..

Talking to reporters up of the verdict successful the lawsuit present connected Monday (December 8, 2025), Ms. Thomas said she gave lone a 50–50 accidental that justness would beryllium served and that nary salient personalities progressive successful the lawsuit would beryllium spared. She said she had spoken with the survivor, who sounded tense astir the verdict. Ms. Thomas called for extortion for the subsister successful the lawsuit that immoderate salient accused spell scot‑free pursuing the verdict.

Honey M. Varghese, the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge, is expected to pronounce the judgement successful the lawsuit today astatine astir 11 a.m. The lawsuit had attracted wide attraction arsenic a young pistillate histrion was allegedly abducted and raped wrong a moving car, and histrion Dileep was arraigned arsenic an accused.

Ms. Thomas recollected that her hubby reacted arsenic though his ain girl had been attacked connected the nighttime of the incidental successful February 2017. “He kept motivating the subsister and urged her to beryllium bold and not to backmost out, but to stay steadfast successful the combat to exposure the truth. Many radical asked PT not to springiness his statement, which helium did implicit 3 days. Maybe they were acrophobic that PT would beryllium endangered oregon recovered himself successful a controversy. However, PT was determined and told them that helium would accidental what helium knew— thing more, thing less,” she said.

Ms. Thomas besides recollected however tyres of a conveyance utilized by her hubby was recovered tampered with. “There was nary mode it could person happened accidentally since the conveyance had conscionable been serviced. The automobile institution authorities met america and explained however a conveyance goes done assorted layers of checking earlier being released aft work Though galore radical had astatine that clip portrayed it arsenic an effort to endanger PT successful transportation with the case, I don’t privation to accidental truthful without factual grounds suggesting that,” she said.

A pistillate waiting for a autobus had alerted the precocious legislator’s operator that 1 tyre was wobbling 1 evening successful July 2017. The operator instantly parked the car and, connected inspection, recovered that a screw connected the rear near tyre had travel unhinged portion the remaining screws were each successful removable condition. The aforesaid was recovered connected the different tyres arsenic well. Speaking to The Hindu astatine the time, Mr. Thomas had said, “It was precise unusual since I had got the car serviced conscionable 3 days ago.” He aboriginal lodged a ailment with the Palarivattom police.