Visva Bharati student raped, one arrested

January 30, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:41 am IST - KOLKATA

: A student of the Visva Bharati University was raped, police said on Thursday.

The main accused has been arrested, officer in charge of the Bolpur police station Deb Kumar Roy told The Hindu .

The second-year student from the Oriya department had registered a complaint with the police on Tuesday. Based on her complaint, the main accused, said to be her friend, was arrested on Wednesday.

“The accused was known to the rape survivor and belongs to her native State. He had earlier threatened her that he would to leak indecent pictures,” Mr. Roy said and added that the accused was remanded to three days of police custody.

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