T.N. Police challenge IAF’s custody of Flight Lieutenant in rape case
The Hindu
A petition before the Principal District Judge on October 7 seeking the custody of the accused has been filed
Coimbatore City Police have approached the District Court, Coimbatore, challenging the order of a lower court which sent a Flight Lieutenant who was arrested on charges of raping a woman colleague to the custody of the Indian Air Force (IAF), allowing a court martial.
The police said that the investigating officer of the case from the All Women Police Station, Coimbatore Central, filed a petition before the Principal District Judge on October 7 seeking the custody of the accused namely Flight Lieutenant Amitesh Harmukh (29).
A senior officer of the City Police said that the Additional Mahila Court on September 30 had ordered to hand over the accused from judicial remand to the custody of the IAF.
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