The police may submit an application on Monday to seek custody of Kovalam MLA M. Vincent, who was arrested for the alleged rape of a homemaker.
The legislator, who is remanded in judicial custody, is lodged at the Neyyattinkara sub-jail. Vincent was arrested on Saturday on charges of repeated rape, abetment to suicide, and criminal intimidation to outrage modesty, among others, on the basis of the sworn statements of the victim.
Meanwhile, the victim’s sister rubbished the allegations against the legislator and suspected political motives behind the case. She told the media that the allegations could have been raised at the behest of their brother after he failed to land himself a job through the legislator.
Moreover, Joy Mathews, the priest of a church at Balaramapuram, a key witness, denied giving a statement to the police. He added that the victim did not claim that the MLA had sexually harassed her while she had visited him.