Bengaluru engineering student arrested for raping senior in college washroom

According to the police, the two students know each other, and were previously batch-mates before the accused dropped a semester.

“The accused claims it was consensual, and the victim has said she was assaulted. It is a matter of investigation,” said another police officer.

The victim said she did not report the sexual assault out of fear of being shamed, but later drew courage from her friends and reported the sexual assault. She later told her parents, and approached the police with their consent, said an officer.

According to the police complaint filed by the student, she arrived at the college on the morning of October 10, and received a call from the accused asking her to collect some materials he had. The victim told the accused she would meet him during the lunch break.

In the afternoon, the accused is alleged to have asked the victim to accompany him to the college’s architecture block. After she went with him, the accused forced her to go to the men’s washroom, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

The victim told her friends about the assault even as the accused reportedly called her, and asked if she “needed pills”, said the police.

Later, the victim’s friends encouraged her to report the incident, and filed a complaint on October 15.

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