Nun Rape Case  

The key witness to the ongoing Kerala nun rape case, Fr Kuriakose Kattuthara, was found dead in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Monday.

“I am a law-abiding person and have cooperated with the police. I will continue to cooperate with the police and justice will be delivered,” former bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in the Kerala nun rape case, said to the media.

The senior Catholic priest is facing allegations of raping the nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016 and was arrested in Tripunithura on September 21 after three days of questioning. 

It has been hinted that the police will request the court to take him in custody for three days. The bishop will submit a bail-plea in court.

It has been said that Bishop Franco Mulakkal chose to resign since an arrest is likely following the questioning with respect to the Kerala nun rape case. 

This controversial phone call from Jalandhar police made to the Kerala nun has been released at a time when the accused Bishop Franko Mulakkal's interrogation is taking place
 

Though Franco Mulakkal was questioned for seven hours on Wednesday, police sources say he could not give exact answers to all the questions asked. 
 

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is the accused in the nun rape case, will be questioned at Thripunithura SP Office, Kerala. Five cameras have been installed in different corners in the room where the interrogation will take place.

Bishop Franco Mulakkal further assures full cooperation at any time with the probe team, an assurance seen as a measure to persuade the court to consider bail favourably.

Bishop said the nun had a personal resentment towards him in the anticipatory bail plea prepared to submit at the high court in Kerala.

Malayalam actor Mohanlal apologised for his emotional reaction to a journalist, who had sought his comments on the protests held by a group of nuns, demanding the arrest of a Bishop facing rape charges.