India, July 12 -- The father of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) student has denied that she was raped by a fellow student, and instead claimed his daughter was hurt after falling from an autorickshaw.

Amid shock and reports of the arrest of the accused the father said she told him that she was not sexually assaulted.

"I received a call from her at 9.34 pm. She informed me she was injured after falling from an autorickshaw. My daughter told me she was unconscious," he told the media.

He said she did not disclose to him the location of the mishap.

He said he tracked her daughter's location and found that she was admitted to the state-run SSKM Hospital.

"I came to know that the police rescued her and took her to a h...