INDIA
The News Minute
The fact that an intricate network of multiple organisations spanning across two districts is working to thwart the investigation is clear.
Haritha John
Megha Varier
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Ten days after the police arrested Fr. Robin Vadakkumchery, prime accused in the rape and subsequent impregnation of a 16-year-old girl from Kannur district, and with just one day to go for his judicial custody to end, the Kerala police is still trying to arrest the remaining seven accused in the case. These seven people include five nuns, an administrator and pediatrician at the hospital run by the church.
While Fr. Robin is the prime accused in the case, all the others have been booked for covering up the rape, pregnancy and delivery.
The police investigation so far has revealed that a network of various Christian institutions carefully planned and covered up the crime – to save their own face, and to save one of their own.
And as the investigation progresses, the fact that an intricate network of multiple organisations spanning across two districts is working to thwart the investigation is clear.
Although the police team has combed a number of convents in the district, police sources told The News Minute that they are facing “practical difficulties” with regard to arresting the remaining accused.
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