Calcutta IIM rape case: Paramanand Toppaunwar's mother says she didn't know he sought counselling
Hailing from Karnataka, Paramanand Toppaunwar earned a BTech in mechanical engineering from RV College of Engineering in Bengaluru in 2018-2022.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Paramanand Toppaunwar attended EM Normandie Business School in France, where he pursued an MBA in International Business, Trade and Commerce from January to March 2024.
The second-year IIM student of the 2024-2026 batch has written that he is fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu and has completed multiple internships, including with an FMCG company known for soft drinks and a multinational agri-business firm.
'When Virat said that a 1% chance is good enough, I felt it. I am honored to have been offered admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. I am eager to learn from the esteemed faculty and collaborate with the best minds in the country. Gratitude to everyone who has supported me in this journey,' he wrote on LinkedIn.
On Saturday, Paramanand Toppaunwar's mother expressed shock at the alleged rape. 'We just want to meet my son. He never had any history of mental illness, we did not know that he was taking any counselling,' she told reporters at a court which remanded him in police custody till July 19.
The police arrested Paramanand Toppaunwar on Saturday under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections related to rape and seized his clothes and phone for forensic examination.
The woman alleged that Parmanand Toppaunwar called her to the campus in Joka on Friday on the pretext of seeking counselling and raped her after spiking her food and drink and making her unconscious.
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