Port Blair, Dec 13 (PTI) The Port Blair circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of former Andaman and Nicobar chief secretary Jitendra Narain in reference to the alleged rape of a 21-year-old lady.
The bench of Justice Bibhas Ranjan De and Justice Rajasekhar Mantha rejected the bail plea after listening to arguments of the attorneys of the rape survivor and the arrested officer.
A division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury had heard the bail plea of Narain on Thursday and positioned the matter earlier than the circuit bench at Port Blair.
Narain was arrested together with Labour Commissioner RL Rishi and businessman Sandeep Singh alias Rinku. Rishi was additionally accused of raping the girl whereas Singh’s title was talked about within the FIR as an confederate 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 rapid impact.
The lady claimed within the FIR that as her father and stepmother didn’t maintain her monetary wants, she wanted a job and was launched by some folks to the labour commissioner as he was near the then chief secretary.
The lady 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.
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