‘Top cops trying to sabotage probe in nun’s rape case’
KOCHI: THE NUNS FROM THE CONVENT IN KOTTAYAM SLAMMED THE REPORTED MOVE TO HAND OVER THE PROBE AGAINST THE ACCUSED TO CRIME BRANCH WING
A day after hitting the streets, seeking justice for a nun allegedly raped by a Roman Catholic Bishop, five nuns on Sunday accused top police officials of trying to sabotage the probe into the case.
The nuns from a convent in Kottayam, to which the victim belonged, slammed the reported move to hand over the probe against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar diocese to the crime branch wing.
They alleged that the police officers were trying to delay the probe into the case to save Bishop Franco.
“We have full faith in the investigation being carried out by the Deputy Superintendent of Police. But the top police officials are not permitting him to carry out a free and fair investigation.
They are delaying the probe and trying to sabotage the case”, one of the nuns told reporters at Kuravilangadu in Kottayam district.
DGP Loknath Behera, however, said there was no move at present to hand over the investigation to the crime branch.
“At present there is no move to hand over the probe to to the crime branch,” he told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
Behera said he has directed Ernakulam Range IG Vijay Sakhare to complete the investigation into the case as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, members of various Catholic reformation organisations continued their protest Sunday against alleged laxity in the probe into the rape complaint filed by the nun.
The five nuns from the convent in Kuravilangadu in Kottayam had taken part in the demonstration Saturday and said they were fighting for the victim, who was denied justice by the church, government and the police.
“We are ready to go to any extent for ensuring justice to our sister,” a nun had told protesters who held placards here demand-
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