Kolkata : A woman was allegedly gang-raped at a law college in Kolkata earlier this week. Three men have been arrested in connection with the case, which has drawn sharp reactions and which comes over six months after a similar crime at a medical college led to city and nationwide protests.
According to the complaint, the woman was gang-raped on Wednesday – between 7.30 pm and 10.50 pm – inside the campus of the South Calcutta Law College. An investigation based on the woman’s complaint led to the subsequent arrests of the three men, including two students, and a staffer. The woman further said that the accused recorded videos of the act and threatened to leak those if she didn’t cooperate.
Two of the accused, Mishra and Ahmed, were arrested on Thursday evening from a signal crossing in south Kolkata’s Kasba. Their mobile phones were seized at the time of the arrest. The third accused, Mukherjee, was arrested from his residence around 12.30 am on Thursday, and his mobile phone was also seized. A preliminary medical examination of the woman has been conducted, and the statements of several witnesses have also been recorded.
The incident has sparked a massive political flashpoint between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee said while the incident is definitely shameful, it’s not possible to deploy police in colleges or educational institutions. It’s the duty of male colleagues to protect the female colleagues. Some perverted men do these kind of crime. Strict action should be taken against these persons. Women should fight against these people.
Reacting to the incident, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched a scathing attack on the government, saying, The police is entirely responsible for this! The entire Kolkata Police has been taken to Digha (at Rath Yatra). What is Kolkata Police doing there? The Chief Minister has no right to be in her chair. We shall take this up.
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