Overview

• The survivor and her father missed two consecutive court dates for statement recording and medico-legal tests and remain unreachable to investigators.
• A nine-member SIT has sealed the accused’s hostel room and is basing its case on circumstantial evidence such as hair strands, spiked drink bottles and hostel logbooks.
• Police have requested CCTV footage from all campus cameras on July 11 to verify discrepancies in the victim’s entry and exit times.
• IIM-Calcutta has issued stricter entry SOPs requiring campus clearance for police, sealed the alleged crime scene and convened its academic council to review the accused student’s status if granted bail.
• The accused, remanded until July 19, has reportedly admitted buying sleeping pills to lace the victim’s drinks, and his lawyers are seeking a reduction in custody citing procedural delays.