IIM-Calcutta rape accused despatched to police custody until July 19

Kolkata: A court docket right here on Saturday remanded a pupil of the Indian Institute of Administration-Calcutta, who has been accused of raping a girl on the campus, to police custody until July 19.

The accused was arrested on the idea of an FIR lodged by the girl at Haridevpur police station.

The extra chief judicial Justice of the Peace at Alipore court docket, after listening to each events, granted police remand of the accused until July 19.
The lady, a medical psychologist, acknowledged within the FIR that she was referred to as to the hostel by the accused for a counselling session and was allegedly raped there by him.

The prosecution counsel prayed for police custody of the accused until July 25 for investigation and questioning.

The lawyer for the accused claimed earlier than the court docket that IIM-Calcutta, located at Joka on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, is a safe place with restricted entry and one has to register their names and present identification proof to enter the campus, claiming that there was one thing amiss within the accusation towards the coed.The event comes nearly a fortnight after a pupil was allegedly gangraped inside a regulation school in Kolkata.