The incident took place on Wednesday within the law premises when the 24-year-old woman reached the college to complete formalities related to her examinations

Evoking grim memories of last August’s rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College, a first-year law student in south Kolkata was allegedly raped on campus by two senior students and an alumnus. All three accused have been arrested.

Main accused Monojit Mishra, 31, a former student and now Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)’s South Kolkata district organising secretary, was produced in Alipore court on Friday along with two other accused. The court sent all three to police custody till July 1.

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The other two accused have been identified as Zaib Ahmed, 19, and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, 20, both third-semester students of the college.

Kolkata law student rape case: Here’s what we know so far

-The incident took place on Wednesday within the law premises when the 24-year-old woman reached the college to complete formalities related to her examinations.

-As per her complaint, she initially waited in the college union room when Mishra allegedly instructed that the gate be locked. That evening, he expressed romantic interest and made unwelcome advances, which she rejected. She claimed that he then forced himself on her.

– “I denied and fought back. I cried and asked him to let me go. I told them I have a boyfriend and I love my boyfriend. But he did not listen,” she told the police, according to a CNN-News18 report.

-In her complaint, the woman said she even touched Mishra’s feet as she asked him to let her go but he did not stop. She added that during the alleged assault by Mishra, the other two accused stood silently and watched.

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-A police source told PTI that the victim has alleged that she was filmed while being gang-raped. “She alleged that the accused threatened to release the footage on internet if she talked. They also threatened to harm her boyfriend and implicate her parents in false cases,” he said.

-She was allegedly taken to a ground floor room of the college in the evening and raped there until nearly 10 pm. A police officer said that the room has been sealed and forensic experts will gather evidence.

– Findings from the victim’s medical examination support her allegation of gang-rape, according to a senior official of Kolkata Police. “There is evidence of forceful penetration, bite marks and nail scratches on her body,” an officer told PTI.

-Police has seized the mobile phones of all the three accused as it tries to ascertain whether the footage was forwarded to other numbers.

– The incident prompted fierce responses from opposition parties, with the Left, BJP, Congress and AIDSO supporters clashing with the police outside the Kasba police station under whose jurisdiction the alleged crime was committed. “This is not an isolated incident. Under the TMC government, West Bengal has become a breeding ground for crimes against women. Rapes have become a daily horror, and the state machinery continues to fail its daughters,” the West Bengal unit of BJP wrote on X.

-Condemning the tragic incident, TMC wrote on X, “This tragedy once again underscores the urgent need for the implementation of the Aparajita Anti-Rape Bill to establish a strong deterrent against sexual offences, emphasising the necessity for speedy investigations, swift trials, and stringent punishments. It is extremely unfortunate that the @BJP4India Govt. at the Centre has not lifted a finger to get it implemented.”

– Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident that occurred on the evening of June 25, the National Women’s Commission asked the Kolkata Police to file a detailed action taken report within three days.

(With agency inputs)