Bengal horror: 11 months after RG Kar case, fortnight after law college incident… another IIM-Calcutta student raped inside institute premises
West Bengal is continuing to reel under the cases of atrocities against woman. In the latest horrific case, a woman studying at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta was allegedly raped by a student inside a hostel of the business school, police said on Saturday.
The accused has been arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur Police Station, they said.
The alleged incident inside the boys’ hostel of IIM-Calcutta took place on Friday, a police officer said.
What FIR said?
“The woman stated in the FIR that she was called to the hostel for a counselling session. She then became unconscious after consuming a drink laced with drugs at the hostel. The woman realised she had been raped after regaining consciousness,” he said.
She also alleged that the accused had threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed the matter to anyone, the officer said.
“The accused student was detained last night before being formally arrested,” he said. Further investigation is underway.
The development comes almost a fortnight after a student was allegedly gangraped inside a law college in Kolkata.
Kolkata law college rape
A 24-year-old law student was allegedly raped inside a law college in Kolkata on June 25. Four accused – Manojit Mishra, Promit Mukherjee, Zaid Ahmed and the college guard – have been arrested by the Kolkata Police. It is alleged that Mishra raped the student while the other two shot videos to blackmail her.
Mishra is also stated to be associated with the Trinamool Congress’s youth wing.
RG Kar gangrape case
On August 8, 2024, between 12 midnight and 4 am, a medical student was sexually assaulted and murdered inside the seminar room of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. Her naked and bleeding body was recovered the next morning.
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