A second-year student of a private engineering college was raped in Kolkata, West Bengal. The accused was arrested from the Anandpur area in the southern part of the city.
According to police officials, the student is from another state and came to West Bengal to study. She had lodged a complaint at the Anandput police station.
In her complaint, she said that she was drugged by the accused before he raped her.
Police have not yet disclosed where the student originally hails from.
They also said that the accused was in hiding for a few days before he was arrested in Anandpur.
The accused was brought to court by the police and then sent to police custody till October 22.
The incident occurred just a few days after the rape of a medical student in Durgapur West Bengal.
