BENGALURU: A 21-year-old engineering student has been arrested for allegedly raping a female classmate inside a men’s washroom on the campus of a private college in South Bengaluru.Police said the accused, a sixth-semester student, was taken into custody on Wednesday and has been remanded to judicial custody.The alleged incident occurred on October 10. The survivor, a seventh-semester student at the same institution, filed a complaint five days later, on October 15.According to the First Information Report (FIR), the survivor and the accused knew each other and were classmates. On the day of the incident, the survivor had reportedly met the accused to collect some belongings.The case has been registered under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which prescribes punishment for rape.Police investigations are ongoing.
