Kolkata Police has formed a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged rape of a woman at the IIM Kolkata campus. Officials gave information in this regard on Sunday. This team has been formed under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner of South West Division for the purpose of complete and fair investigation of this case.
At the same time, a day earlier, the Alipore court had ordered the accused Mahavir Toppanwar alias Parmanand Jain to be sent to police custody till July 19.
Speaking to ANI, Kolkata Police Chief Prosecutor Sourin Ghosal informed reporters that the defence had moved a bail plea, claiming the act was consensual.
“We asked for police custody, and the accused asked for bail. They argued that it was consensual. We argued that no, the prima facie investigation shows that a crime was committed, and the medical evidence supports the victim. The court granted police custody till July 19,” Ghosal told ANI.
Meanwhile, the mother of the accused student, Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, said the family was stunned by the development and had no knowledge of the reason behind his detention. She asserted that her son, a final-year student at the prestigious institute, was innocent and incapable of committing such an act.
Her comments came after Kolkata Police arrested Toppannavar on Friday night, following a complaint filed by a woman who alleged that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus.
Speaking to ANI, Mother of Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain said, “We recieved a call from his friend around 11 in the night. He told us that my son has been detained and he doesn’t know the reason… We have no clue why our son has been arrested… We want to meet our son and talk to him.”
“He was in the final year of his college… We do not know anything here in Kolkata. Where the Police Station is or the Court. My son is innocent. He has come so far to study. He will never do such a dirty thing,” she told ANI.
