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Chargesheet filed against rape-accused Franco Mullakal

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The special investigation team of the Kerala police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Franco Mulakkal, a former Bishop of the Jalandhar diocese who is accused of rape.

In June last year, the survivor, then 43, complained to the police that Mulakkal raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. When the police failed to arrest him, five other nuns staged a sit-in protest in Kochi. Later a special investigation team was set up and it arrested the influential bishop in September after several rounds of questioning. After spending three weeks in judicial custody, Mulakkal was released on bail.

First Published: Apr 09, 2019 16:14 IST