Former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain arrived in Port Blair on Thursday, following a Calcutta High Court order to look earlier than a Special Investigation Team, which is probing alleged gangrape fees in opposition to him, by October 28.
Narain was escorted out of the airport amid heavy safety cowl, officers stated.
He didn’t reply to questions from mediapersons, who had been ready for his arrival on the airport.
A trip bench comprising justices Bibek Chaudhuri and Prasenjit Biswas additionally granted interim safety in opposition to arrest to Narain until a date that will probably be mounted by the circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court 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 keen to cooperate with the investigation.
The SIT is probing an allegation by a girl that she was gangraped by Narain and others on April 14 and May 1, on the idea of an FIR filed at Aberdeen Police Station in Port Blair on October 1.
The bench allowed the SIT to interrogate and take all different steps comparable to medical examination of the petitioner in the midst of interrogation.
A joint staff of cops 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.
He, thereafter, filed an software earlier than the Calcutta High Court praying for an extension of time on the bottom that the following circuit bench at Port Blair will begin from November 14, in order that he will get a chance to wish for anticipatory bail earlier than it within the Andaman and Nicobar capital.
The SIT was constituted to probe allegations that the 21-year-old girl in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secretary’s dwelling by promising a authorities job, after which raped by prime officers there.
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