Kerala nun rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to judicial custody till October 6
Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal
Bishop Franco Mulakkal who was arrested on the charge of raping a nun filed a bail petition in the Kerala High Court on Monday, September 24, 2018.
Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar, Punjab, was arrested on Friday in Tripunithura after three days of questioning in the case where he has been accused of repeatedly raping the senior nun between 2014 to 2016.
Mulakkal was produced in court on Saturday, following which he was sent to two-day police custody.
Earlier, the bishop was discharged from the Government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam, where he was admitted on Friday night following complaints of chest pain.
The 54-year-old clergyman had complained of pain in his chest while being taken to Kottayam Police club from the Crime Branch office at Thrippunithura in Ernakulam district on Friday night.