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French official arrested, jailed on sexual abuse charge
Tuesday June 19, 2012 11:05:34 PM,
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French diplomat arrested for sexually
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Bangalore Police early Tuesday arrested French diplomat Pascal
Muzurier on the charge of sexually abusing his minor daughter.
"We have arrested Mazurier and taken him into custody from
his residence in the early hours
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Bangalore: French
consulate official Pascal Mazurier was Tuesday arrested on the
charge of sexually abusing his minor daughter over the past few
weeks, police said. A court sent him to 14 days judicial custody.
"Mazurier has been remanded to 14 days judicial custody for
further investigation. He will be lodged in the central jail and
the trial will be conducted through video-conferencing for
security reasons," Additional Commissioner of Police T. Sunil
Kumar told IANS.
The investigation team produced Mazurier at the residence of the
eighth additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM)
Nagalinganagoud after his court closed for the day.
"We have not sought police custody of the accused, as our part of
investigation has been completed, including his medical
examination," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ravikante Gowda
told reporters outside the magistrate's house.
According to Sunil Kumar, Mazurier was arrested from his house
early Tuesday and underwent a medical examination.
Police interrogated Mazurier on the basis of the FIR (first
information report) registered against on a written complaint
filed by his wife (Suja Jones) June 15 and the investigation was
conducted after the medical report on their child was received
Monday.
"We have taken Mazurier's blood samples and conducted a DNA test
on him earlier in the day. We are waiting for the report to
cross-check with the child's medical report.
"We have booked the case against Mazurier on the basis of the
complaint, our FIR and the child's medical report. It is for the
court to frame the charge against him after the trial," Gowda
said.
Sunil Kumar said they had got clearance from the external affairs
ministry and the union home ministry from New Delhi late Monday
for arresting Mazurier.
The French embassy in New Delhi clarified to the Indian government
Monday that Mazurier did not have a diplomatic passport or
immunity from being tried under the Indian laws for any offence or
purported crime.
The French consulate here also assured police of cooperation in
the case and of assistance to the family of the child.
The rape charge came to light when Jones, who hails from Kerala,
approached Enfold India, a NGO-based pro-active health trust in
the city, for counselling as she was going through a trauma of
being a witness to her husband abusing their child over the weeks.
As part of the investigation, police sent the minor to a state-run
hospital for examination and a medical report to substantiate the
charge against Mazurier.
The couple got married over a decade ago at Port Saint Marie in
France and have three children, including two sons, aged seven and
20 months.
Suja also accused her husband of committing domestic violence
against her.
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