Overview
- Police say two of five 17-year-old students have been detained and presented to the Juvenile Justice Board, while three others are being questioned.
- The 21-year-old from Tripura reported being assaulted after a late-night party at a private building in Panikhaiti, Guwahati.
- An FIR was filed at the Pani Khaity/Pragjyotishpur outpost under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 70(1) for gang rape and 3(5) for common intention, alongside Juvenile Justice provisions.
- Investigators have recorded the survivor’s statement and completed a medical examination, and they are awaiting the report.
- The private university has suspended all five accused, and TIPRA Motha leaders report offering support while urging protection of the survivor’s identity.