The complainant, fed up with the college’s inaction, turned to social media. He took to an IIT-B confession page on Facebook to publicise what had happened in the last 6-7 months. According to the anonymous post on the page, the accused only targeted men, mostly freshmen, as he felt that they didn’t have the strength and courage to tell the world what happened.

In the post, the accused had been termed a ‘molester’ and ‘harasser’. The fact that the accused is graduating from college without receiving any stern punishment is also questioned. The post also said that even though there was not one, but 15 known incidents of harassment, the authorities took no action.

On the contrary, the Dean called the admin of the confession page and tried to shut it down. Now the alumni of IIT Bombay have decided to moderate the page. The Quint’s sources say that the final-year students are planning to boycott the Convocation Day, since PM Narendra Modi is the Chief Guest of the event.

A Facebook post by another batchmate about the accused, dated 13 June, states, “He is now under mental health counselling as his case is deemed to be one of mental instability.”