Kolkata, July 12 -- The mother of the accused in the IIM Calcutta rape case has said that the family was stunned by the development and had no knowledge of the reason behind her son's detention.

Her comments came after Kolkata Police arrested her son, Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, on Friday night, following a complaint filed by a woman who alleged that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus.

Speaking to ANI, Mother of Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain said, "We recieved a call from his friend around 11 in the night. He told us that my son has been detained and he doesn't know the reason... We have no clue why our son has been arrested... We want to meet our son and talk to him."

"He was in the final year of ...