The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has initiated a formal investigation into a sexual harassment complaint filed by a female student against a male student-member of the business school’s placement committee.

Institute Director Himanshu Rai said on Thursday that IIM Indore’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) launched its investigation immediately after receiving the complaint in which the female student alleged sexual harassment incident that occurred during an off-campus event.

“Immediately after receiving the complaint, ICC asked the student concerned to step down from the placement committee. He is no longer on the committee,” Rai said.

Earlier, the local unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) sent a memorandum to the IIM director alleging a student on the p

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