Ex-Andaman chief secretary’s grilling over alleged gang-rape cost continues for 7 hours
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PORT BLAIR: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is questioning former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain for seven hours on Friday in reference to the alleged gang rape of a lady right here, an official mentioned.
The SIT was constituted to probe allegations {that a} 21-year-old girl in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secretary’s house by promising a authorities job after which raped by high officers together with Narain there.
Labour Commissioner R L Rishi was additionally accused of raping the lady whereas a police inspector and a lodge proprietor have been named within the FIR as accomplices within the crime.
The police inspector was additionally interrogated by the SIT on Friday.
Narain was delivered to the Police Lines within the morning for questioning which is constant for over seven hours, the official mentioned.
He was taken contained in the Police Lines in Port Blair by way of a rear door to keep away from protesters.
“A heinous crime was committed against the woman. We want justice for her,” a protester, carrying a placard denouncing Narain as a ‘rapist’, mentioned.
The senior official arrived right here to face questioning following a Calcutta High Court order.
The FIR was registered on October 1 when Narain was posted because the chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation.
The authorities suspended him on October 17 with fast impact.
The girl mentioned as her father and stepmother didn’t deal with her monetary wants, she wanted a job and was launched by some individuals to the labour commissioner as he was near the then chief secretary.
She claimed within the FIR that the chief secretary appointed ‘7,800 candidates’ in numerous departments within the administration of the islands ‘on the premise of advice solely’ and with none ‘formal interview’.
The girl alleged that she was lured to the chief secretary’s house with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there on April 14 and May 1.
A trip bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising justices Bibek Chaudhuri and Prasenjit Biswas has granted interim safety towards arrest to Narain until a date that might be mounted by the circuit bench in Port Blair on November 14, on its first date of sitting after the Durga Puja trip.
The court docket additionally famous that Narain, who was transferred to Delhi on July 21, has declared that he’s prepared and keen to cooperate with the investigation.
A joint crew of law enforcement officials from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi had raided the home of Narain on October 18, following which he filed an software earlier than the Delhi High Court praying for transit anticipatory bail.
A single bench of the Delhi High Court granted interim safety from arrest to Narain until October 28.
PORT BLAIR: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is questioning former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain for seven hours on Friday in reference to the alleged gang rape of a lady right here, an official mentioned.
The SIT was constituted to probe allegations {that a} 21-year-old girl in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secretary’s house by promising a authorities job after which raped by high officers together with Narain there.
Labour Commissioner R L Rishi was additionally accused of raping the lady whereas a police inspector and a lodge proprietor have been named within the FIR as accomplices within the crime.
The police inspector was additionally interrogated by the SIT on Friday.
Narain was delivered to the Police Lines within the morning for questioning which is constant for over seven hours, the official mentioned.
He was taken contained in the Police Lines in Port Blair by way of a rear door to keep away from protesters.
“A heinous crime was committed against the woman. We want justice for her,” a protester, carrying a placard denouncing Narain as a ‘rapist’, mentioned.
The senior official arrived right here to face questioning following a Calcutta High Court order.
The FIR was registered on October 1 when Narain was posted because the chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation.
The authorities suspended him on October 17 with fast impact.
The girl mentioned as her father and stepmother didn’t deal with her monetary wants, she wanted a job and was launched by some individuals to the labour commissioner as he was near the then chief secretary.
She claimed within the FIR that the chief secretary appointed ‘7,800 candidates’ in numerous departments within the administration of the islands ‘on the premise of advice solely’ and with none ‘formal interview’.
The girl alleged that she was lured to the chief secretary’s house with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there on April 14 and May 1.
A trip bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising justices Bibek Chaudhuri and Prasenjit Biswas has granted interim safety towards arrest to Narain until a date that might be mounted by the circuit bench in Port Blair on November 14, on its first date of sitting after the Durga Puja trip.
The court docket additionally famous that Narain, who was transferred to Delhi on July 21, has declared that he’s prepared and keen to cooperate with the investigation.
A joint crew of law enforcement officials from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi had raided the home of Narain on October 18, following which he filed an software earlier than the Delhi High Court praying for transit anticipatory bail.
A single bench of the Delhi High Court granted interim safety from arrest to Narain until October 28.
