Kolkata: Several pieces of evidence corroborate the statements made by the 24-year-old law student who was allegedly gang-raped in the South Calcutta Law College on June 25, officials aware of the developments said. These include the results of the survivor’s medical tests, CCTV footage, video clippings found in the accused’s mobile phone and other circumstantial evidence.
Police personnel detain a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during a protest against the alleged rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College, in Kolkata, on Monday. (PTI) Meanwhile, three separate petitions were moved in the Calcutta high court and one in the Supreme Court seeking judicial intervention in the case.
“Report of the victim’s medical test done on June 26 revealed that there were marks around her neck. There were also some marks over the breasts. The medical report hasn’t ruled out a sexual assault. The victim’s medico legal test was done on June 28,” said a police officer.
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HT has seen a copy of the medical report conducted on June 26.
The survivor, a first-year student, had alleged that she was gang-raped by Monojit Mishra, a contractual employee of the college, who is also a former student and a youth leader of the Trinamool Congress, and two existing students – Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee – on June 25 inside the security guard’s room between 7.30 pm and 10.50 pm.
The survivor stated that while the prime accused Monojit Mishra, 31, was trying to force himself upon her and she was crying, she had a panic attack.
“I had a panic attack and shortness of breath. Mishra asked Ahmed and Mukherjee to come inside the room. I asked for help from them. I asked them to take me to the hospital. But they were not helping me. Then Mishra told them to bring an inhaler for me,” she said..
Police have located the medical store Ethan Pharma, near the college, from where Ahmed had purchased the inhaler at 8.29 pm. The medical store owner told the police that as Ahmed didn’t have enough cash, he said that he would pay the half through UPI. When the store owner insisted on making the payment through one mode, he paid ₹350 through UPI. Police have seized the receipt.
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Officials aware of the developments said that during interrogation both Mukherjee and Ahmed claimed that Mishra had promised to give them plum posts in the TMC’s youth wing in the college, if they helped him to lure the woman on June 25 and detain her after college so that he can engag
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