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4w ago

IIM Calcutta Student Accused of Rape Granted Interim Bail

Court sets a ₹50,000 bond with travel restrictions, leaving investigators to press on with CCTV and forensic checks despite the complainant’s silence.

A student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM), accused in the alleged rape of woman inside a hostel, produced at a city court
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Overview

  • The Alipore Court released the second-year student on a ₹50,000 bond and ordered him to surrender his passport and seek permission before leaving West Bengal.
  • The complainant skipped three court dates for statement recording and remains unreachable with her mobile phone switched off.
  • A nine-member Special Investigation Team has obtained July 11 CCTV footage from across the IIM Calcutta campus to verify the victim’s movements amid discrepancies in her account.
  • Defense counsel highlighted the victim’s non-cooperation and conflicting testimony from her father as grounds for granting interim bail.
  • Investigators continue forensic analysis and review digital communications under POCSO and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions to build evidence.