Arrest drama ends in anticlimax, PC George will get bail in sexual harassment case

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The third try by the state police to jail former Poonjar MLA P C George — the bete noire of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan — in two months fell flat on Saturday evening as a court docket right here granted him bail in a sexual harassment case registered by the Museum police within the afternoon.

The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III discovered the arguments of George, who was taken into custody inside two hours of receiving the grievance, credible and expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the plaint filed by the lady who’s the prime accused within the photo voltaic rip-off. The police had slapped IPC Sections 354 and 354 (a) that handled utilizing felony power in opposition to lady with intent to outrage her modesty.

At 12.40pm, the complainant instructed the Museum SI that she was molested by George on February 10 this 12 months, when she visited him on the Government Guest House, Thycaud, as per his invitation. She stated she had gone there along with her son however George ensured that the minor son waited outdoors whereas each of them had been within the room.

The police registered an FIR at 1.29pm after verifying the veracity of the grievance in lightning velocity. In the following hour, the police took the custody of the 71-year-old chief, who was current earlier than one other workforce of the state police in reference to the probe right into a conspiracy case.

George’s arrest was recorded at 3.50pm by Museum SI Dharmajith P S, who claimed within the remand report that the arrest adopted the confession of George concerning the crime, an argument that contradicted the previous MLA’s assertion earlier than the media whereas being taken to AR Camp, Nandavanam.  “I haven’t done anything wrong. I have been a public worker all through my life and I am sure no woman would level a harassment allegation against me,” stated George.

Alleges vendetta by chief minister

“This is vendetta by CM Pinarayi Vijayan and the complainant who had earlier sought help from me,” George instructed reporters. He alleged that the complainant had requested him to offer a witness assertion to CBI within the sexual harassment case filed by her in opposition to former CM Oommen Chandy, however, he refused. “This is her revenge for that,” George stated. On Saturday morning, George appeared earlier than the particular investigation workforce probing the conspiracy behind the current revelations by gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh in opposition to the CM and his daughter Veena Vijayan as per a discover issued by it.

The workforce led by Crime Branch SP Madhusoodanan was interrogating George on the Government Guest House, Thycaud, when a police workforce led by Museum SI reached there and intimated its need to take him into custody. Following the arrest, the complainant lady instructed media that she had submitted all proof, together with phone name data between her and George and a voice recording of what occurred within the Guest House room on February 10 to the police. However, the remand report filed by the police was mum on any such proof and solely quoted the sleazy assertion given by the lady.