Kolkata, July 19 -- The Alipore Court on Saturday granted bail to Premanand Mahaveer Toppannavar, also known as Parmanand Jain, the student accused in the alleged rape case on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta campus.

The court allowed bail on a bond of Rs 50,000, citing that the victim had 'not cooperated' in the investigation.

The decision comes after Toppannavar, a second-year student at IIM Calcutta, was remanded to police custody till July 19. He had been arrested by Kolkata Police on the night of July 13 following a complaint filed by a woman alleging that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus.

Earlier, Kolkata Police officials had informed that a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constitute...