Rape-accused priest sent to judicial custody

INDIA
Times of India

KOCHI: Parish priest Raju Kokkan who was taken into custody from Tamil Nadu on charges of raping a minor girl was remanded in judicial custody on Monday.

Police brought the accused by road to Thrissur on Monday by 5 am and later produced him at the Irinjalakuda court around 10 am. The court remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days and he was later taken to Viyyur sub-jail.

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