High Court Hears Plea Of Former Andaman Bureaucrat Against Arrest

Port Blair:

A writ petition filed by former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jitendra Narain, difficult his arrest was heard earlier than the Port Blair circuit bench of Calcutta High Court at present.

The division bench comprising Justices Subrata Talukdar and Rabindranath Samanta heard the arguments of each side and adjourned the court docket until Wednesday, when the matter will once more come up for listening to at 3 pm, Lawyer Pathik Das, showing for the rape survivor, mentioned.

Narain, arrested in a gang rape case filed by a 21-year-old lady towards him and others, was on Monday remanded to judicial custody until November 28.

The bureaucrat, who was in police custody since his arrest on November 10, was produced earlier than the district and periods court docket right here on yesterday, which remanded him to 14-days judicial custody.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has questioned Narain thrice in reference to the case.

The SIT was constituted to probe allegations that the 21-year-old lady in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secretary’s dwelling with the promise of a authorities job after which raped by high officers together with Narain.

Sandeep Singh alias Rinku, an absconding accused within the case, was apprehended from Haryana on Sunday evening, a police officer mentioned.

The Andaman and Nicobar Police had on November 2 introduced a reward of Rs 1 lakh every for Singh and suspended Labour Commissioner R L Rishi in reference to the case.

So far, Narain and Singh have been arrested within the case, whereas Rishi continues to be at giant, the officer mentioned.

Rishi was additionally accused of raping the girl, whereas Rinku was named in an FIR as an “accomplice” within the crime.

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 speedy impact.

The lady claimed within the FIR that as her father and stepmother didn’t handle her monetary wants, she wanted a job and was launched by some folks to the labour commissioner as he was near the then chief secretary.

She additionally claimed that the chief secretary appointed “7,800 candidates” in varied departments within the administration of the islands “on the basis of recommendation only” and with none “formal interview”.

The lady alleged that she was lured to the chief secretary’s dwelling with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there on April 14 and May 1.

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