JNU rape case: Accused sent to judicial custody

Delhi: A court here on Thursday sent, to 14 days judicial custody, Jawaharlal Nehru University student Anmol Ratan who allegedly raped a 28-year-old PhD student.

He was presented before a duty magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody after Delhi Police told the court that he is not required for custodial interrogation.

Anmol Ratan surrendered himself before police at Vasant Kunj north police station in south Delhi.

Ratan had allegedly raped the girl a few days back after luring her to his hostel room on the pretext of giving her the copy of a movie she wanted and then giving her a drink spiked with a sedative.

An activist of the All India Student Association (AISA), Ratan was expelled from leftist student outfit after the allegations against him.