IIT-Madras canteen worker held for sexually assaulting second-year student on campus
India Today
A canteen worker in IIT-Madras was remanded in police custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a second-year student on campus. The incident had taken place on July 24 and the accused was arrested on Tuesday, August 2.
A worker at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) College canteen was taken into custody by police on Tuesday, August 2, for allegedly sexually assaulting a second-year student on the campus.
The alleged sexual assault took place on July 24, near New Academic Complex (NAC) in IIT-M, when the girl student was returning to her hostel on her cycle. The girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by an unknown man and she escaped from the spot with injuries.
Two days later, the incident was brought to the notice of the management by a friend of the victim.
In a statement, the IIT-M said that they had immediately begun the investigation. They said that they had screened the CCTV footage and shared pictures of almost 300 people who matched the description given by the student.
Based on the investigation and the CCTV images, police on Tuesday, Aug 2 took a canteen worker, Chandan Kumar, a native of Bihar’s Nawada district into custody. He has been booked under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accused was remanded in police custody after being produced before the Saidapet judicial court.
