India, July 12 -- Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, accused in the high-profile IIM Kolkata alleged rape case, has been sent to police custody till July 19.

The accused was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur police station.

The additional chief judicial magistrate at Alipore court, after hearing both parties, granted police remand of the accused till July 19.

The woman, a clinical psychologist, stated in the FIR that she was called to the hostel by the accused for a counselling session and was allegedly raped there by him.

The incident came two weeks after the alleged gangrape of a student inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area. The fateful incident took place on June 25 ...