College student rapes classmate after intoxicating her, arrested in Kolkata
The Statesman|January 02, 2025
The Kolkata Police, on Wednesday, arrested a student of a reputed engineering college in the city on charges of raping his classmate at an empty residential flat in the city.
College student rapes classmate after intoxicating her, arrested in Kolkata

Insiders from the city police said the alleged rape took place on 21 December 2024, at the flat in the Garfa area in South Kolkata owned by another friend of the accused engineering student.

As per the complaint lodged by the victim and her parents, she was first taken to the empty residential flat by the accused. There she was intoxicated by mixing alcohol with the soft beverage and after she went into an inebriated state she was raped by the accused.

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