The police have issued summons to four accused persons in connection with inquiry into the alleged rape and sexual harassment of a woman research scholar of IIT-Madras.
The victim, a 30-year-old Dalit, had accused Kingshuk Debsharma, a co-scholar, of raping her and sexually harassing her between 2016 and 2020. She filed a complaint at All Women Police Station, Mylapore, in March 2020.
She had alleged that she was physically and mentally harassed by Debsharma ever since she joined the institution in 2016 while others played a role in it.