IIM Calcutta Hostel 'Rape' Case: Police Seek CCTV Footage to Cross-Check Survivor's Claims

PTI, KOLKATA, JULY 15, 2025 :  The police on Tuesday sought the CCTV footage from July 11 of the entire campus of IIM-Calcutta as part of the investigation into the alleged rape of a woman by a student inside the hostel, an officer said. The police found discrepancies in her claim and wanted to ascertain which places of the institution the alleged victim had visited during her stay on that day.

The investigators also wrote to the IIM-Calcutta authorities seeking permission to question three of its students who were in touch with the accused after the crime, the officer added.

"We have sought the CCTV footage of July 11 from the entire campus. We need to see which places the survivor had gone inside the campus," the officer said.

He also mentioned that the alleged rape survivor has yet to give her consent for a medico-legal test in connection with the ongoing investigation. "She is in an incommunicado mode. We are trying to get in touch with her," the officer said.

According to police sources, the victim had spent nearly two and a half hours on the campus. "There are certain discrepancies in her claims about the duration of her stay at the IIM-Calcutta campus. That is why we need the CCTV footage to cross-check the time when she entered the campus, which places she visited, and what time she left," the officer from Haridevpur Police Station said.

The alleged incident took place inside the boys' hostel of IIM-Calcutta on Friday, and the accused student was arrested the next day based on an FIR lodged with Haridevpur Police Station by the survivor.

Police have constituted a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case. The team is led by an assistant commissioner from the South West Division. A court has remanded the student to police custody until July 19.