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

Rapper Vedan
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Malayalam rapper and songwriter Hirandas Murali, popularly known as Vedan, has been booked for rape on a complaint lodged by a young doctor 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. The police registered the case after recording the petitioner’s statement.
“We are verifying the facts, after which further steps will be taken. The incidents leading to the complaint took place a few years ago. The case was registered by the Thrikkakara police after it was mentioned as one of the places where the alleged sexual abuse on the promise of marriage took place,” a senior police officer told The Hindu.
Reportedly, the petitioner came forward with the complaint after she came across the account of another woman who allegedly had similar experiences with Vedan.
Vedan had faced sexual abuse allegations in the past as well during the height of the Me Too movement.
On April 28, 2025, the Hill Palace police in Kochi arrested Vedan along with eight other friends allegedly with six grams of ganja from his apartment near Vyttila in Kochi. While he was released on bail in that case, he was immediately arrested by the Forest department after he was found possessing a leopard-tooth pendant. He claimed that it was gifted to him by a fan. Later, he was released on bail in that case as well.
Since then, he had run-ins with the BJP and Sangh Parivar outfits after a BJP councillor of Palakkad municipality lodged a complaint against Vedan accusing that his music defamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and promoted caste divisions.
Vedan also hit out at K. P. Sasikala of the Hindu Aikya Vedhi on her take against rap music culture. He stated that those opposing him seem to be troubled by the politics that he had been advocating. “Such responses show that what I am doing is hitting at the right point,” he had said.
Published – July 31, 2025 09:44 am IST
Source: www.thehindu.com