The woman belongs to the Scheduled Tribe community and had been working at IIT-Kanpur on a cyber security project for about a year
By: India Weekly
A TRIBAL woman from Arunachal Pradesh working as an analyst at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has accused her colleague of raping her on the pretext of marriage, police said on Thursday (30).
An FIR has been lodged at Kalyanpur Police Station on the complaint of the 24-year-old woman.
The woman belongs to the Scheduled Tribe community. She had been working at IIT-Kanpur on a cyber security project as an analyst for about a year, the police said.
She has alleged that her 25-year-old colleague, also an engineer, developed a relationship with her and raped her on several occasions on the pretext of marriage, he added.
The victim’s medical examination was done on Wednesday and her statement was recorded before a woman magistrate on Thursday (30), Deputy CP (west) Rajesh Kumar Singh said.
An FIR has been lodged against the accused, who hails from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He has not been arrested yet, the police said.
IIT-Kanpur administration has also formed a six-member team to investigate the charges and submit a report, Director Manindra Agarwal said. (PTI)