The nun who was allegedly raped during the kandhamal violence (File Photo)
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Bhubaneswar (Orissa): The Crime Branch of Orissa Police has decided to conduct the Test Identification Parade of the accused in connection with the most controversial Nun rape case in Orissa.
The decision of the Crime Branch, which is looking into the most controversial rape case that took place on August 25 at K Nuagaon area of riot, hit Kandhamal, came following the orders of the local SDJM Court.
“The TIP of the accused would be held in the State. But its place and date are yet to be decided. “We will be able to decide on that after the investigating team returns from Delhi,” IGP (Crime Branch) Arun Kumar Roy said on Friday.
SDJM Court has also asked the crime branch to appraise the court on the status of investigation on November 24. A CID team headed by Dilip Mohanty questioned the nun, who is undergoing trauma counselling, at an undisclosed location in Delhi on Tuesday.
Sources said she had requested the police to examine her at a place away from media glare. Investigators are now trying to reconstruct the sequence of events on the basis of her latest statement, said a senior CID officer associated with the probe.
Tuesday’s statement more or less corroborated with an earlier version given at a news conference in Delhi on October 24 and the written complaint lodged by the nun on August 26, a day after the alleged incident, said the official.
The investigating team also questioned Father Thomas Chellantharayil, the sole eyewitness to the incident. The nun was later taken to AIIMS for collection of blood sample for DNA matching, which will be carried out in a forensic laboratory in Calcutta, added the sources. Blood samples of the prime accused and five co-accused had been already sent to Calcutta.
Meanwhile, she has agreed to attend test identification parade (TIP) anywhere in Orissa other than Kandhamal, a senior Crime Branch official said.
Earlier, local court had on Wednesday rejected her plea for shifting the venue of the parade to Delhi. The nun is, however, 'totally reluctant' to come to Kandhamal, where she was allegedly raped, the sources said.
The nun had initially refused to assist the CID, saying she had no 'faith' in Orissa police. But she finally agreed to co-operate in the probe following the Supreme Court’s advice.
