Chalakudy: Embattled actor Dileep's theater complex, D-Cinemaas, has been shut down and there would not be any screenings at the multiplex from Saturday, authorities have informed.

Chalakudy municipality issued the closure order Thursday after it was found that the theater was using a high-power motor without official permission. As tickets were already sold for the Friday's shows, screenings were allowed.

Dileep was arrested on July 10 for plotting the abduction and assault on a young Malayalam actress in Kochi on February 17. Soon after his arrest, there were allegations that he had encroached upon government land to build D-Cinemaas.

Though an inquiry could not prove encroachment charges, the municipality ordered its shut down.

On Thursday, the councilors, at a special session, found that there had been irregularities in awarding permission to construct the theater. They unanimously said the theater should not be allowed to function until the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau's probe into the alleged land grab by Dileep is over.

The Chalakudy municipal council convened the special session on Thursday to discuss the allegation that the building permission was granted in violation of rules. The construction started without the taluk surveyor's sketch, it was alleged.

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