Kolkata police forms SIT in IIM-campus rape case as victim’s father denies assault

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Kolkata police forms SIT in IIM-campus rape case as victim’s father denies assault



According to sources, the survivor, a young psychologist, was seen entering the campus on Friday, as captured by a CCTV camera installed on the road. Police have sought footage from all CCTV cameras on the IIM-C campus as part of the investigation.Efforts are also being made to determine where the young woman went on the campus that day and who accompanied her. The room in the Lake View Hostel where the rape allegedly occurred has already been sealed by the police. Forensic experts have collected samples from the scene, including food remains and other items, for laboratory examination. The clothes of the accused have been confiscated. A medico-legal examination of the arrested person will also be conducted.The alleged incident took place inside the boys’ hostel of IIM-C on Friday. Based on the survivor’s complaint, the accused, Paramananda Toppaunawar, a second-year student of IIM-C, was arrested on Saturday. The Alipore Court has remanded him to police custody until 19 July.However, the victim’s father later claimed that his daughter was neither raped nor tortured. When asked by the media on Saturday whether he had spoken to his daughter, he replied, “Yes, I spoke. She said, no one tortured me, no one mistreated me.”Responding to further questions from the media, he also said: “I received a call from my daughter around 9.40 p.m. on Friday. She told me she had fallen from an auto, lost consciousness and suffered injuries. Later, I came to know she was admitted to SSKM Hospital. Nothing of the sort that the police are claiming happened, based on the details I received from my daughter.”He also alleged that the police had made her write the complaint.



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