Businessman, Arrested In Haryana, Brought To Andamans In Gangrape Case

Port Blair:

A businessman, who was arrested from Haryana in reference to the gangrape of a girl within the Andamans, was on Monday delivered to Portblair on transit remand, police mentioned.

Sandeep Singh alias Rinku, who was on the run, was apprehended on Sunday night time for his alleged involvement within the case during which Jitendra Narain, the previous chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is an accused, an officer mentioned.

The Andaman and Nicobar Police arrested the Port Blair-based businessman who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, he mentioned.

“The police got a tip-off about Sandeep through his bank transactions which he made from Haryana. The Andaman and Nicobar Police alerted its Haryana and Delhi counterparts and managed to arrest him. He was brought here on transit remand on Monday. Before his interrogation, he was taken to GB Pant Hospital for a medical check up,” the officer mentioned.

The police, nevertheless, didn’t give particulars of the placement in Haryana from the place the accused was held.

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 rape of a 21-year-old girl.

So far, two accused, Narain and Singh, have been held within the case, whereas Rishi continues to be on the run, the officer mentioned.

A particular investigation crew (SIT) of the police was constituted to probe allegations that the lady in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secretary’s residence by promising a authorities job after which raped by high officers, together with Narain, there.

Rishi was additionally accused of raping the lady, whereas the businessman (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. 

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