IIM-C rape case accused to move court seeking reduction in police custody

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IIM-Calcutta student arrested after rape complaint; victim’s father later denies assault



An application will also be filed in the court, seeking direction to the investigating officer to record and preserve all the statements of the survivor’s father that have been circulated on various social media.According to the complaint of the victim, who is an outsider, she was taken to the IIM-C Boys Hostel in the name of counseling. She was given some food and drinks there. It was alleged that after consuming food and drinks she fell unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she found herself lying in the Boys Hostel. The victim alleged that she was raped when she was unconscious.The Kolkata Police constituted a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.Meanwhile, a senior police official said that during interrogation, the accused admitted to purchasing sleeping pills from a nearby pharmacy, which he had mixed with cold drinks and drinking water offered to the woman.Police, however, have found several discrepancies in the statements of the accused student of the IIM-C, he said.



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