In a big twist in the alleged rape of a student at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the father of the girl has denied that anything of the sort has happened and said that his daughter fell out of an auto-rickshaw. According to an NDTV report, the father of the girl said that he received a call at 9:34 pm on Friday informing him that his daughter had fallen out of an auto and lost her senses. He further said that she was admitted to the neurology department of SSKM hospital and that the police had rescued her and taken her there.
NDTV, quoting her father, further reported that the girl told him that no sexual assault had occurred.
"The police told me they have registered a case and arrested someone. My daughter said the police told her to say something during the medical exam, and she did not," the man said.
"I have spoken to my daughter. She said no one tortured her or misbehaved with her. I have got back my daughter, she is normal. She has no connection with the man who has been arrested... I have not been able to speak to her at length. She is sleeping. I will talk to her after she wakes up... She had gone to submit a document," he added.
On being asked if his daughter is in trauma, he replied, "No, she is completely fit".
Earlier, a court in Calcutta remanded Mahaveer Toppannavar, alias Parmanand Jain, to police custody till July 19. He was arrested on the basis of the FIR filed by the woman at the Haridevpur police station. After hearing both sides, the additional chief judicial magistrate at Alipore court granted police remand of the accused till July 19.
A woman studying at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta was allegedly raped by a student inside a hostel of the business school, police said on Saturday. The accused was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur Police Station, they said. The alleged incident inside the boys’ hostel of IIM-Calcutta took place on Friday, a police officer said.