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YouTuber Rahul Easwar was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days connected Monday aft being arrested connected charges of defaming and revealing the individuality of the alleged subsister who had accused Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, of rape and coerced termination of pregnancy.
Thiruvananthapuram Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Elsa Catherine George dismissed his bail exertion aft observing that the merchandise of the accused astatine this signifier could perchance impede the investigation. The tribunal besides emphasised that making remarks against a subsister successful an ongoing case, peculiarly done societal media, was a superior interest and could not beryllium treated lightly.
Mr. Easwar, the 5th accused successful the case, has been booked by the Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police nether Sections 72 (disclosure of individuality of unfortunate of definite offences), 75(1)(iv) (making sexually coloured remarks), 79 (word, motion oregon enactment intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 351(1) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, on with provisions of the Information Technology Act.
‘Sexually coloured remarks’
Opposing his bail plea, the prosecution informed the tribunal that the probe squad had already recovered YouTube videos containing sexually coloured remarks. Besides, the accused’s custody was needed to hint further physics devices and forestall imaginable tampering with integer evidence, which could adversely impact the ongoing probe.
While the accused was arrested connected Sunday evening, the probe squad took him to his location astatine Powdikonam successful the metropolis connected Monday to prehend his laptop that was purportedly utilized to upload contented connected his societal media handles. The contented allegedly revealed the individuality of the survivor.
While being escorted to his house, Mr. Easwar told media persons that helium was being pressured to halt speaking successful enactment of Mr. Mamkootathil. He asserted that helium would proceed to support the Palakkad MLA contempt specified tactics.
Six persons including Congress person Sandeep G. Varier person been booked successful the aforesaid lawsuit based connected the survivor’s complaint. Mr. Varier, who is the 4th accused, submitted an anticipatory bail plea astatine the tribunal pursuing Mr. Easwar’s arrest.
