Former chief secretary Jitendra Narain was grilled for the third day by Andaman and Nicobar Police and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) instituted to research the alleged gang rape of a 21-year-old girl within the union territory. After being questioned on two consecutive days, Friday and Saturday, the suspended 1990-batch IAS officer was grilled as soon as once more after a homestay in Port Blair was raided on Sunday in reference to the probe.
What occurred in Andaman and Nicobar?
Earlier within the month, a girl in Andaman and Nicobar alleged that she was lured to then-Andaman chief secretary Jitendra Narain’s house with the promise of a authorities job, after which raped there on April 14 and May 1.
An FIR was registered in opposition to Narain on October 1 when he was posted because the chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation. The Centre suspended him on October 17.
The girl has additionally claimed that as her father and stepmother didn’t handle 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 alleged within the FIR that the chief secretary appointed “7,800 candidates” in numerous departments within the administration of the islands “on the basis of recommendation only” and with none “formal interview”.
Investigation to date:
An SIT has been shaped to probe the lady’s allegations. On Sunday, the staff performed a search operation, together with a forensic staff, at a homestay in Dollygunj locality of Port Blair to gather some proof. The survivor had accompanied the SIT staff. 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.
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 might 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.
On Monday, Andaman and Nicobar authorities moved Supreme Court in opposition to Narain’s anticipatory bail and claimed he had “tampered with evidence” within the case.
Who is Jitendra Narain?
Born in October 1966 to the influential Raibahadur household in Bihar’s Begusarai, Narain turned a an IAS officer in 1990 and was appointed because the chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar islands in March this yr. Narain’s household is thought to be a standard Congress supporter. The accusations in opposition to him have led to protests by BJP Mahila Samiti leaders.
(With inputs from PTI)
