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Kochi : Ernakulam district and sessions court on Tuesday directed the police to file a counter-affidavit to the anticipatory bail plea filed by Johnson Varghese, accused of allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman.
Police said that a detailed statement of the complainant in the sexual assault case will be recorded with regard to how she came into possession of the doctor’s phone. The court is likely to consider the petition this week. The rape case was filed by one of the relatives of these accused who also produced the phone, purportedly belonging to the doctor. The doctor went incommunicado soon after the complaint was filed and a lookout circular was issued against him. They were taken to the flat in Ponnurunni where the alleged assault occurred. Kadavanthra police are investigating the robbery case while Infopark police are probing the sexual assault case.
Three individuals, including two actors, were earlier arrested on the complaint of the doctor who accused them of assaulting him and robbing him. Meanwhile, the police on Tuesday conducted evidence collection against three accused persons, including the actors.