Mamkootathil granted bail, released from jail

Having been granted bail by the District and Sessions Court, Pathanamthitta, successful the lawsuit related to the alleged rape of an NRI woman, Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was released from jailhouse connected Wednesday.

He was freed from the Mavelikara Sub-Jail amid protests by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists extracurricular the prison. The demonstrators were soon removed by the police.

Mr. Mamkootathil has been granted bail with circumstantial conditions, which necessitate him to look earlier the investigating serviceman each Saturday and refrain from influencing witnesses. The tribunal noted that further probe is indispensable to find whether the rape complaint volition yet stand. Additional integer grounds submitted by the defence, on with different materials, volition beryllium examined during the adjacent signifier of the case. The tribunal besides took enactment of the hold successful filing the ailment aft the alleged incident.

This is the 3rd rape lawsuit registered against the legislator. In the existent case, the NRI pistillate alleged that Mr. Mamkootathil befriended her connected societal media and aboriginal forced her to publication a edifice room, wherever helium allegedly raped her. She further stated that the battle led to pregnancy, which subsequently resulted successful a miscarriage.

Mr. Mamkootathil had been lodged successful the Mavelikara Sub-Jail since January 12.