IIT-Guwahati rape: Why were other accused let off despite clear evidence?

Over the past two months, the IIT-Guwahati rape case has received national and local media attention, and the main accused is under arrest. However, the latest report from the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the institute shows that the nature of the case is far more severe, and points fingers at the questionable role of other students who were considered only witnesses, not accomplices. 

On March 28, an undergraduate student at the IIT-Guwahati alleged sexual assault by unknown seniors of the institute after she was found unconscious outside her hostel late on a Sunday evening.

A day after EastMojo reported IIT-Guwahati student alleges sexual assault on campus by seniors, prime accused Utsav Kadam was arrested by Assam Police and the institute constituted an internal ‘fact-finding’ committee to probe the incident on April 3.