The committee, which started functioning on 16th November 2017, consulted multiple women professionals in the Malayalam film industry and recorded detailed statistics on sexual harassment, earned wages and blacklisting from work.
The committee was headed by the former Judge of Kerala High Court, Retired Justice K. Hema, to investigate the concerns of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in Malayalam cinema.
[26] The Government of Kerala has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe sexual harassment allegations in the Malayalam film industry.
The SIT, led by IG G. Sparjan Kumar and consisting of four senior women IPS officers, will have ADGP H. Venkitesh overseeing its operations.
The team comprises S. Ajeetha Begum, DIG; Merin Joseph, SP, Crime Branch; G. Poonkuzhali, AIG, Coastal Police; Aiswarya Dongre, Assistant Director, Kerala Police Academy; V. Ajith, AIG, Law and Order; and S. Madhusoodanan, SP, Crime Branch.