IIT Guwahati student booked on charges of alleged sexual assault on fellow student

GUWAHATI: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati) has been arrested after an undergraduate student at IIT-Guwahati has alleged sexual assault by seniors of the institute after she was found unconscious outside her hostel after a Holi celebration, reports said.

Five people have been questioned so far and one of them will be booked under section 376 of the IPC. Sexual harassment on the campus are handled by the institute’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and Students’ Disciplinary Committee (SDC).

The victim was taken to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) around 1.30 am on March 29.

The victim’s clothing had been torn and she was apparently in a state of shock. A case was registered at the Amingaon police station.

The mishap occurred after some senior students called a meeting on March 28. The victim was reportedly lured away.

The suspects then reportedly forced her to consume alcohol, following which she passed out. She was reportedly 'out' between 10 to 11 pm.

Meanwhile, the IIT-Guwahati has issued a statement about the incident.

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"(....) institute acted promptly, and the student was rushed to the Institute hospital where she was examined and was advised to go to Guwahati Medical College (GMC) for necessary medical examination,” it reads.

"The student was transported to GMC in the Institute ambulance accompanied by her friends, the Institute. Later, the hostel warden also joined them at the hospital and has been constantly in touch with the hospital authorities as well as the family of the student. The student is now safe and is recovering well," the IIT-G said.

The student and her guardians were informed that they could file an FIR, which they have refused presently as they want the institute to take up the case, the release further added.

The fact-finding committee, which was constituted on March 29, submitted its report to the institute on April 2, based on which the institute has filed an FIR.

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