Accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal's Bail Plea Rejected, Sent to Police Custody
Nimrat Kaur
September 22nd 2018 03:28 PM
Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of raping a nun multiple times between 2014 and 2016, was produced in a magistrate court in Pala on Saturday and has been sent to police custody till 24 September. His lawyer had filed for a bail application, which was dismissed by the court.
In its remand report, the police said that Mulakkal came to the convent with the intention of sexually assaulting the nun and on 5 May, 2014, he illegally confined her in Room 20 of the guest house at around 10.48 pm and "subjected her to unnatural sexual assault".
-PTC News