One-liner: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the police to investigate the FIR lodged against Olympian Mayookha Johny for raising false rape allegations.
False allegations: Hearing her plea seeking quashing of the FIR, Johny's lawyer told the court that she was an athlete and an Olympian and the allegations against her were false.
Bail denied: The accused in the rape case was denied anticipatory bail by the HC, but he was granted relief on Dec 3 by the Supreme Court which also directed him to cooperate with the investigation in the case.
Case against Johny: The case against Johny was lodged by the police on the direction of a trial court based on a complaint before it alleging that her claims regarding who raped her friend and the threats to her own life were false.
Need to know: Johny in July this year had levelled serious allegations against the Kerala police and a former official of the state women's commission in connection with the investigation into the case of rape of her friend in 2016.