Panaji:
Accused of molesting a Russian girl in Goa, politician John Fernandez surrendered to the Goa Police on Wednesday.
On December 18, the Supreme Court had denied him anticipatory bail.
The alleged victim, who works at a five-star hotel in Goa, had earlier written to the Russian consulate to say she wants to drop the case because she's worried about her safety. She claims that supporters of Fernandes had assaulted her.
The alleged victim and her boyfriend have repeatedly accused the police of trying to bully them into dropping the case. Fernandes lost the Assembly election in 2007 as a candidate of the Save the Goa Front.
The victim says Fernandes spiked her drink at dinner, and then offered her a lift home. She says she was raped after Fernandes and she dropped her friend home. However, her friend denies being dropped home first. Fernandes also says he was never alone with the alleged victim in the car.