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NDTV
a day ago
- NDTV
IIM-Calcutta Student, Accused Of Rape, Granted Bail
A court on Saturday granted interim bail to a student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta accused of raping a woman on the campus. The additional chief judicial magistrate at Alipore court granted bail to the accused student on a bond of Rs 50,000. The court directed the student to deposit his passport and not to leave the state without its permission. The woman, a clinical psychologist, alleged in the FIR that she was called to the hostel by the accused for a counselling session and was allegedly raped there by him. The prosecution counsel prayed for judicial remand of the accused, claiming that releasing him on bail at this early stage will jeopardise the investigation in the accused was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur police station on July 11 and has been in police custody since then. Praying for bail of the accused, his lawyer submitted before the court that the complainant did not appear before the magistrate for recording her statement. He also claimed that a medico-legal test of the complainant had not been done.
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Indian Express
IIM-C's academic council to take call on student arrested for rape
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has called a meeting of its academic council this week over the arrest of a second-year student in a rape case. Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, was arrested last Saturday for allegedly raping a young woman in a hostel room on the Joka campus of the institute. He is in police custody till July 19. According to an official of the premier institute, the academic council will take a call on whether to allow Toppannawar to attend classes if the court grants him bail. 'Attendance is mandatory in the two-year MBA programme. Since Toppannawar is in police custody, he has missed some classes. So, the academic council of the institute has to take a legal opinion regarding whether to allow him to attend classes if he gets bail. If he is found guilty, his degree will be cancelled,' said an official. Following the arrest of the student in the rape case, the IIM-C, in a statement, had said: 'The institute has zero tolerance for such incidents and remains steadfast in upholding a safe and respectful campus environment. We are also taking all necessary steps to support the process of ongoing investigation and ensure that institutional protocols are adhered to.' The IIM-C had also sent an email to students, asking them to reach out to the institute's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and student council with any concerns or questions. A standard operating protocol (SOP) was also circulated for the students and professors living on the campus. Meanwhile, the SIT of Kolkata Police, which is probing the rape case, is screening through the call data records (CDR) of the accused and the woman to ascertain how long they knew each other. 'The accused is giving contradictory statements. Sometimes he says he met the woman on a dating app, sometimes he claims to know her through a counselling app. This needs to be investigated. We are also trying to know whether the accused used sleeping pills to spike the food and water offered to the woman,' a senior police officer involved in the probe said. In her complaint to the police on July 12, the woman, who claimed to be a psychologist, had alleged that Toppaunwar called her to the Joka campus a day ago for a 'counselling session', and the two had met on social media. The woman alleged that she lost consciousness and was raped after she consumed spiked food and water offered by the accused on a hostel room.
Time of India
13-07-2025
- Time of India
Actively engaging with students, taking steps to address their concerns after 'rape' incident: IIM-C
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta on Sunday said it is actively engaging with students and taking necessary steps to address their concerns in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a woman on its campus. The woman was allegedly raped by a student of IIM-Calcutta inside a hostel on the campus, police had said on Saturday. The accused student was arrested on Saturday on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman, he said. A court here has remanded the student to police custody till July 19. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo The IIM-Calcutta, however, declined to share details of the measures being undertaken, citing sensitivity of the matter and ongoing legal proceedings. "We are constantly engaging with our students internally to ensure their safety and well-being. I have instructed my team to do everything necessary to address the situation. This is my clear directive," Director-in-Charge Saibal Chattopadhyay told PTI. Live Events He said the IIM-Calcutta campus is co-educational and the recent developments have led to some apprehension among parents, which he termed as "natural" given that the institute has never faced such a situation in the past. "I cannot speak in detail about what we are doing. We will not share with the media anything more than what we have already said in our statement on Saturday, as this matter is both sensitive and sub judice," Chattopadhyay added. In its statement issued on Saturday, IIM Calcutta had said: "We are treating this matter with the utmost seriousness and are fully cooperating with the law enforcement authorities, who are currently conducting an investigation. The concerned individual has been taken into police custody, and the legal process is underway." The institute is committed to ensuring that due process is followed while safeguarding the dignity, safety, and privacy of all individuals involved, it had said. "We wish to affirm that the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta has zero tolerance for such incidents and remains steadfast in upholding a safe and respectful campus environment," the statement added. Police have constituted a nine-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged incident. The woman's father, however, has claimed that the reported incident did not take place.
Hans India
12-07-2025
- Hans India
IIM-Calcutta rape case: Questions raised over campus security
Kolkata: Serious concerns have emerged over the security arrangements at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C), after a woman was allegedly raped inside the boys' hostel on the campus's southern Kolkata premises on Friday night. Initial reports claimed that the victim was a student of IIM-C. However, police later clarified that she was not a student of the institute, but she was known to the accused, a second-year student of IIM-C, through social media. Now the question is arising how an outsider got access to the institute and entered the campus during the early hours and how the security guards allowed her inside without getting her name registered in the visitor's logbook. Eyebrows are raised over how, after entering the campus, she was allowed to enter the boys' hostel, where girls' entry is prohibited. As per the complaints registered by her at the Haridevpur Police station, she wanted to sign the visitors' logbook, but the accused did not allow her to do that. This has led to further scrutiny of the role of the security staff, whether the accused enjoyed undue influence in the hostel, which allowed him to bypass the standard practice. The police had not yet officially declared the identity of the accused, which would be known only after he was presented before the court. However, information has emerged that the accused hails from Bengaluru. He was enrolled in the postgraduate degree in management (PGDM) course at IIM-C in 2023 after clearing the Common Admission Test (CAT). Meanwhile, the cops have already started a thorough investigation into the matter. The staff of the IIIM-C campus, especially the security personnel, are being questioned. The footage of the CCTV cameras within the campus is also being examined.
