A sessions court in Kerala on Saturday (December 6) declined to grant interim protection from arrest to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a second rape case registered against him.

The MLA's lawyer, Sasthamangalam Ajithkumar, said the sessions court called for a report from the police and listed Mamkootathil's anticipatory bail plea for hearing on December 8.

He also said no interim protection from arrest was granted by the court as there was no provision for it under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

Sexual harassment cases

Mamkootathil has been accused of raping a woman and forcing her to undergo an abortion. On November 28, Thiruvananthapuram police booked him under various sections of the BNSS after a survivor approached the Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vi

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