Union Minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said that more than 200 appointment letters were handed out at the 16th edition of the Rozgar Mela in Kolkata, with another event held at Siliguri.
The mother of 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 commit
A Kolkata court on Saturday remanded Mahaveer Toppannavar, also known as Parmanand Jain, to police custody till July 19 in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata campus.
Taking swift action, the Malihabad police in Lucknow have filed a chargesheet within just 24 hours in a case involving the rape of a seven-year-old girl from a Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
The petition states that in February 2024, the accused, Rahul, proposed marriage to the complainant, but her family allegedly rejected the proposal with casteist remarks and began threatening him. The complaint claims that her parents warned of implicating him in a false case.
"Late last evening, a woman reported at Haridevpur Police Station that she was raped by a student inside the IIM Calcutta campus. Based on her complaint, a case has been registered, and the accused has been arrested," the police said.
The state also produced the case diary before a division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De, which reviewed the victim's statement under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita (BNS) and the medical records.
The incident took place on June 25, when a student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in the Kasba area of Kolkata. Kolkata Police said on June 30 that the three main accused in the case were arrested in less than 12 hours.
The accused, Manjeet, was evading his arrest and fleeing from joining the investigation. However, using technical surveillance and field intelligence, the accused was located and arrested on July 3, the officials said.