Mumbai: The accused in the rape and cheating of a 33-year-old Bihari woman, Binoy Kodiyeri, the son of CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, submitted an anticipatory bail application on Friday, which will be heard in the magistrate court on Monday. Restraining police from arresting him, the court reserved its order. He continued to elude a police team from Mumbai for the 3rd successive day. His phone remained off. Sources said police are likely to issue a lookout notice. On Friday, when the case came up at Dindoshi Court, Binoy’s advocate Ashok Gupta argued, the case was cooked up and was a bid to blackmail his client, while the prosecution, which opposed the bail, said police had the evidences and had been produced before the court. After hearing the arguments, the court said it would deliver its verdict on Monday.
The cops sent to Kerala, had visited Binoy’s Kannur house on Wednesday, but did not find him. His mobile phone was switched off. A day later, they visited Binoy’s ancestral home in Thiruvananthapuram, but he was not there either. Earlier, Mumbai police said they had evidence to prove Binoy and the complainant woman had stayed together in a hotel and apartment in Mumbai. Police summoned the woman again and questioned her. WhatsApp messages, bank account and other details the woman had shared were verified. Binoy will be taken into custody, questioned and could be arrested, police said. Shailesh Pasalwad, a senior inspector at Oshiwara police station, said, “We are doing everything we can to trace Binoy, but he has managed to give us the slip. The process of issuing a lookout notice has been initiated.”
