Kerala High Court upholds anticipatory bail granted to Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly in rape case

After remaining untraceable for nearly two weeks after the case was filed, Kunnappilly resurfaced and turned up before the investigating officer two days after the district sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram granted him anticipatory bail. The Perumbavoor MLA had appeared before the media and claimed that he was innocent and had done nothing wrong.

Meanwhile, the complainant, in October, alleged that he had offered her Rs 30 lakh to settle the case registered against him. “He came to my house in a drunken state. He assaulted me and forcefully took me in his car to Kovalam. I was assaulted by the MLA there. The locals who saw the assault informed the police. He told the police that I was his wife and left with me in his car. Later, he took me to my place and again assaulted me. I got injured and he took me to the hospital,” she told the reporters.