MT’s daughter files defamation case

Aswathy V. Nair, daughter of late writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, has filed a defamation case against authors Deedi Damodaran, Echmukutty and publisher A.V. Sreekumar.

Earlier, Ms. Aswathy and her stepsister Sitara Girme had demanded the book, Empty Space: Bashpeekruthayude Aaram Viral, jointly written by Deedi Damodaran and Echmukutty and published by Sreekumar, be withdrawn, as it contained defamatory material about M.T.

Through the book the authors had alleged that M.T. had ill-treated his first wife the late Pramila Nair. Ms. Sitara and Ms. Aswathy through a joint post on social media had written that the book did not conform to facts and contained untruths. They had said that the book, published 26 years after Pramila’s death and a year after M.T.’s death, was part of a foul attempt to achieve defamation and character assassination of their father and their families, and to create a controversy and help with book sales.

In the complaint, filed through advocate M.S. Saji at the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court here, Ms. Aswathy said that through defamatory and insulting statements, the authors and the publisher of the book caused immense damage to her late father and family and they succeeded in their intention to a great extent.