A first-year student of Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) here lodged a complaint of rape against a senior student on Thursday. The girl, a native of Lucknow, lodged a complaint with the Three Town police station stating that she had been raped by a fourth-year student at an apartment rented by four other girl students of second year in the wee hours of Thursday.

The victim joined the college in the first week of July and is living in a hostel in MVP Colony. On Wednesday night she went along with the accused to the senior girls’ apartment, apparently to practise for a moot court event. The accused reportedly forced himself upon the girl at around 4 a.m. under the influence of liquor, she alleged.

According to the station house officer Vidyasagar of the Three Town police Station, prior to going to the girls’ apartment, the complainant and the accused had a meal at a hotel where they consumed some alcohol and carried a couple more bottles to the two-bedroom apartment of the four second-year girls, who were present when the alleged incident occurred.

As per a statement given by the four inmates of the apartment, two of them slept in one bedroom, another occupied the other bedroom and the fourth inmate and both the complainant and accused slept in the living room.

Police have booked a case under IPC Section 376 and sent the girl for a medical examination. They also collected the bedsheet and other items of evidence from the apartment for further investigation.

Vice-Chancellor of DSNLU Bhagwat Kumar informed The Hindu that Rishabh Singh has been put under suspension and a committee has been set up to conduct an independent enquiry into the incident. “We have also informed the parents of both students about the matter,” he said.