A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Andaman and Nicobar Police for the third day on Monday grilled former chief secretary Jitendra Narain in reference to the alleged gang rape of a 21-year-old girl, officers stated.
Members of the BJP’s girls wing Mahila Morcha staged protests, holding black flags and placards, on the major and rear entrances of Police Lines, the place Narain is being questioned, and raised slogans in opposition to the previous chief secretary.
The police, nonetheless, took Narain by means of the primary entrance of the Police Lines earlier than protesters gathered and is questioning him since 10 AM.
Narain was grilled on two days Friday and Saturday whereas a homestay in Port Blair was raided on Sunday in reference to the probe.
Sampa Banerjee, the BJP Mahila Morcha president of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, stated, “We are protesting such acts by senior bureaucrats in the islands. This is our fight to protect the dignity and respect of our local women.”
“If found guilty, we demand stern action against all those named in the FIR. We demand an impartial probe into the matter by the SIT,” she stated.
The SIT, shaped to probe the lady’s allegation that she was raped by Narain and others after being lured to the chief secretary’s residence with the promise of a authorities job, on Sunday carried out a search operation, together with a forensic workforce, at a homestay in Dollygunj locality of Port Blair to gather some proof.
The survivor had accompanied the SIT workforce. The room the place she was taken by the homestay’s proprietor was examined by the investigators.
Apart from Narain, Labour Commissioner R L Rishi, a police inspector and the homestay’s proprietor have been named within the police case lodged in reference to the gang rape.
The workforce was seen popping out of the homestay with envelopes however refused to reveal any data concerning it.
Narain is unlikely to go away Port Blair until November 4 because the airport on the island will stay shut from November 1 due to runway restore works.
The former chief secretary is being stored at a non-public resort. He 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 Centre suspended him on October 17.
The girl claimed 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 alleged within the FIR 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 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 from arrest to Narain until a date that shall be mounted by the circuit bench in Port Blair on November 14, on its first date of sitting after the Durga Puja trip.
The courtroom additionally famous that Narain, who was transferred to Delhi on July 21, has declared that he’s prepared and prepared to cooperate with the investigation.
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