The Jawaharlal Nehru University student Anmol Ratan has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Thursday. He has been accused of raping a 28-year-old fellow PhD student in the university hostel on August 20.
A magisterial court at Patiala House courts complex sent Ratan to jail after the Delhi Police decided not to seek his custody. Also, the court directed jail authorities to provide him proper medical facilities after he submitted that he was suffering from heart ailment.
Ratan had surrendered before police on Thursday night hours after the victim recorded her statement before a magistrate at Vasant Kunj (North) police station. The victim had said she had posted on her Facebook that she wanted to watch a movie and had asked if anyone had its CD.
Ratan apparently messaged her saying he had a copy. later, he picked her up on August 20 on the pretext of giving her the CD and took her to Brahamputra Hostel, where he stayed. There he allegedly offered her a spiked drink and raped her.
Ratan, an AISA activist, was expelled from the association after being the incident surfaced. In a statement, AISA said, “The accused in the complaint of sexual violence in JNU has surrendered to police. But that is not enough. The Delhi Police is playing shameful role in leaking information to the media regarding identity of the complainant as well as details of the incident stated in her deposition.”