Andaman gang-rape case: Labour Commissioner R. L. Rishi remanded to police custody

Suspended Andaman and Nicobar Labour Commissioner and accused in a gangrape case R.L. Rishi on his arrival in Port Blair on November 21, 2022.
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An area courtroom on Tuesday remanded Andaman and Nicobar Labour Commissioner Rishishwar Lal Rishi to seven days’ police custody in reference to the gang-rape case filed by a 21-year-old girl in opposition to him and others together with a former chief secretary.

The police arrested Rishi on Monday after he reached Port Blair from Chennai.

He was produced earlier than Chief Judicial Magistrate Ayan Majumder’s courtroom on Tuesday. The CJM, after listening to all of the events, despatched him to police remand until November 29.

So far, three accused have been arrested within the case, together with former chief secretary Jitendra Narain and Port Blair-based businessman Sandeep Singh alias Rinku.

A particular investigation group (SIT) was constituted to probe allegations that the 21-year-old girl was lured to the chief secretary’s residence with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there by high officers together with Narain there.

The SIT has already questioned Narain thrice. He can be as soon as once more produced earlier than the CJM on Wednesday.

The Andaman and Nicobar Police had on November 2 introduced a reward of ₹1 lakh every for offering info resulting in the arrest of Singh and Rishi.

Singh, who had been absconding, was apprehended from Haryana on November 13.

The FIR within the case 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 girl claimed within the FIR that as her father and stepmother didn’t care for 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 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 girl alleged that she was lured to the chief secretary’s residence with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there on April 14 and May 1.