Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 12 : Union Minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said that more than 200 appointment letters were handed out at the 16th edition of the Rozgar Mela in Kolkata, with another event held at Siliguri.
"This is the 16th edition of Rozgar Mela, where we have distributed almost over 200 appointment letters from this venue, and there is another venue in Siliguri," Majumdar told ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to newly appointed youth in various government departments and organisations via video conferencing at the 16th edition of Rozgar Mela.
The recruits, selected from across the country, will be joining the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Department of Posts, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Department of Financial Services, the Ministry of Labour and Employment, among other departments and ministries.
Meanwhile, on the reported rape case involving a student at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, Majumdar said he has called upon the administration to take necessary action.
"This is a matter of law and order, and I have requested the administration to take the necessary action. Whatever course of action the police take, we will comply with the police investigation," the minister said.
A woman accused a student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta of raping her on the institute's campus, Kolkata Police said on Saturday.
According to officials, the woman lodged a complaint at the Haridevpur police station on Friday evening.
"Late last evening, a woman reported at Haridevpur Police Station that she was raped by a student inside the IIM Calcutta campus. Based on her complaint, a case has been registered, and the accused has been arrested," the police said.
They added that an investigation is currently underway.
The incident comes two weeks after a law student was gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College campus in Kolkata.
Five days later, on June 30, Kolkata Police said that the three main accused in the case were arrested in less than 12 hours.
On July 9, the Alipore Court sent all four accused in the South Kolkata Law College gangrape case to 14 days of judicial custody.