Gauteng police on Thursday urging anyone with information about an alleged rape at Wits University to come forward.

This is after an outcry from students at the university who took to social media accusing management of protecting the alleged perpetrator who is also believed to be a student.

The alleged rape is said to have happened at the Wits Junction‚ in Parktown three weeks ago.

On Thursday‚ the Citizen newspaper reported that the victim had tried to commit suicide‚ had since dropped out of university and had fled the country as she could not face the perpetrator.

Wits spokesman‚ Shiron Patel said the matter was currently being investigated by the Gender Equity Office (GEO) in line with the University’s Sexual Harassment‚ Sexual Assault and Rape Policy.

“We hope that the confidentiality with which we are managing this complaint serves as evidence that we will be responsive to every individual complainant in need. We urge anyone who has been the victim of gender based harm at Wits to report these incidents immediately to the Gender Equity Office‚” added Patel.

Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela said they were alerted to the rape on Wednesday night when a group of students confronted Wits Management and accused them of protecting the perpetrator.

He said that normally victims were supposed to open a case of rape‚ but in this case anyone who had details of what had happened could do so.

“Without the information‚ we cannot investigate anything or arrest anyone. We were told that the rape happened three weeks ago‚ but we do not have any record of it the case opened our stations‚” he said.