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An Indian student holds a placard as she and others take part in a protest rally in New Delhi on February 21, 2013. Demonstrators called for the resignation of P.J. Kurien, deputy chairman of the Upper House of Parliament, accused of being involved in a rape case. demontrators also demanded changes in a proposed law against sexual crimes, saying it needed to be stronger and more defined. AFP PHOTO
Police in Kottayam have formally informed the Suryanelli serial-rape victim that her complaint against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien cannot be taken up.
The Sub Inspector of Chingavanam police station in Kottayam district, where she had lodged the complaint, said in his reply that the legal advice he received from Director of Prosecution General (DGP) clearly stated that there was no scope to reopen the case as the “petitioner” did not have any new evidence to back her plea.
She had pointed to the disclosure by the third accused and the lone convict in the case that he had brought Kurien to her on February 19, 1996.
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