The Indian Institute of Administration (IIM) Calcutta on Sunday mentioned it’s actively participating with college students and taking essential steps to deal with their considerations within the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a lady on its campus.
The IIM-Calcutta, nonetheless, declined to share particulars of the measures being undertaken, citing sensitivity of the matter and ongoing authorized proceedings.
“We’re always participating with our college students internally to make sure their security and well-being. I’ve instructed my workforce to do every part essential to deal with the scenario. That is my clear directive,” Director-in-Cost Saibal Chattopadhyay advised PTI.
He mentioned the IIM-Calcutta campus is co-educational and the current developments have led to some apprehension amongst dad and mom, which he termed as “pure” provided that the institute has by no means confronted such a scenario prior to now.
“I can not converse intimately about what we’re doing. We is not going to share with the media something greater than what now we have already mentioned in our assertion on Saturday, as this matter is each delicate and sub judice,” Chattopadhyay added.
In its assertion issued on Saturday, IIM Calcutta had mentioned: “We’re treating this matter with the utmost seriousness and are absolutely cooperating with the legislation enforcement authorities, who’re at present conducting an investigation. The involved particular person has been taken into police custody, and the authorized course of is underway.”
Kolkata Police type 9-member SIT to probe case
The Kolkata Police have fashioned a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a lady on the IIM-Calcutta campus, officers mentioned on Sunday.
In keeping with an ANI report, the SIT has been constituted below the Deputy Commissioner of the South West Division to make sure a radical investigation into the case.
One accused in police custody until July 19
A day earlier, the Alipore court docket remanded Mahaveer Toppannavar, also called Parmanand Jain, to police custody until July 19 in reference to the alleged rape case.
Talking to ANI, Kolkata Police Chief Prosecutor Sourin Ghosal knowledgeable reporters that the defence had moved a bail plea, claiming the act was consensual.
“We requested for police custody, and the accused requested for bail. They argued that it was consensual. We argued that no, the prima facie investigation reveals {that a} crime was dedicated, and the medical proof helps the sufferer. The court docket granted police custody until July 19,” Ghosal advised ANI.
Accused’s mom says son is harmless
In the meantime, the mom of the accused pupil, Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, mentioned the household was shocked by the event and had no information of the explanation behind his detention. She asserted that her son, a final-year pupil on the prestigious institute, was harmless and incapable of committing such an act.
Her feedback got here after Kolkata Police arrested Toppannavar on Friday evening, following a grievance filed by a lady who alleged that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus.
Talking to ANI, Mom of Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain mentioned, “We recieved a name from his good friend round 11 within the evening. He advised us that my son has been detained and he does not know the explanation… We have now no clue why our son has been arrested… We wish to meet our son and speak to him.”
“He was within the last yr of his faculty… We have no idea something right here in Kolkata. The place the police station is or the court docket. My son is harmless. He has come to date to check. He won’t ever do such a grimy factor,” she advised ANI.
