Thiruvalla judicial First Class magistrate has asked the police to re investigate the Blackmailing case involving actress Kaveri and Priyanka.

According to the original case history, Tele Serial actress Priyanka had tried to blackmail Kaveri, cine actress from Thiruvalla, threatening her that a `defamatory' story on the latter's family would be published in a Malayalam periodical 'Crime' unless she agreed to give Rs. 5 lakhs to her. All the incidents occurred four years ago in 2004.

Kaveri's mother then approached the Thiruvalla police who laid a trap to nab the accused. As directed by the police, Kaveri's mother held talks with Priyanka on Feburay 8 to February 10, of 2004 and `settled' the `extortion amount’ at Rs. 3 lakhs. They agreed to hand over an `advance' of Rs. 1 lakh to Priyanka in a specific spot on the National Highway in Alappuzha.

Both parties met at the decided place and Ms. Priyanka was caught red-handed during the transaction.Ms. Priyanka was then arrested from Alappuzha for allegedly trying to blackmail the cine actress Kaveri.

Magistrate C V Cheriyan has ordered a reinvestigation on the case,  following a request from Kaveri and her mother Padmakumari, who complained that satisfactory follow ups on investigation of the case is still pending.