SIT to probe IIM-Calcutta rape case

Police have constituted a nine-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged rape of a woman by a student at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, officials said on Saturday.

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The team is led by an assistant commissioner from the South West Division, they said. The alleged incident took place inside the boys’ hostel of IIM-Calcutta on Friday, a police officer had said. The accused student was arrested on Saturday on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman, he said. A court here has remanded the student to police custody till July 19. Key focus areas of the investigation include securing digital and forensic evidence, the officials said. Forensic teams have al