Kolkata rape case: Main accused Monojit Mishra is a history-sheeter with previous instances of harassment, assault, and theft

Mishra has reportedly been chargesheeted in a number of instances together with harassment of ladies, assault, vandalism, and theft.

“Monojit Mishra is a history-sheeter with a number of instances and chargesheets in opposition to him within the Kolkata Police jurisdiction,” The Telegraph quoted a senior officer as saying.

The police stated he has a number of instances registered throughout Kalighat, Kasba, Alipore, Haridevpur, and Tollygunge police stations.

Police have arrested Mishra and two others on prices of sexual assault of a first-year legislation scholar on the school premises on June 25. The crime occurred inside a safety guard’s room between 7.30 and 10.50 PM. 

Mishra allegedly pressured her to marry him and, after she refused, threatened to kill her boyfriend and get her mother and father arrested below false accusations.

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Mishra, 31, is a practising prison lawyer on the Alipore court docket. He additionally identifies himself on social media as a former chief of the Trinamool Congress’s scholar wing (TMC) on the legislation school. 

Though he studied on the school 4 years in the past, he was reportedly engaged with the school on an off-the-cuff foundation till not too long ago. The Trinamool Congress has since distanced itself from him.

Past instances in opposition to Monojit Mishra

Citing police information, The Telegraph report stated that in 2019, Mishra allegedly ripped a girl’s garments inside South Calcutta Law College, for which a chargesheet was filed. 

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He was additionally accused of theft that very same 12 months, particularly, stealing a gold chain, fragrance, a music system, and spectacles from a pal’s house in Haridevpur on New Year’s Eve. The FIR in that case was filed within the first week of January 2020, and police later chargesheeted him. 

In one other incident, The Telegraph reported that he allegedly harassed a girl in Kasba in March 2022. Most not too long ago, in May 2024, the legislation school administration filed a grievance in opposition to him for assaulting a safety guard and vandalising property on campus. 

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Separately, The Times of India reported that in 2017, Mishra was accused of damaging the principal’s workplace, though no police case was registered at the moment.

4 arrested in Kolkata gangrape case

Kolkata Police have fashioned a five-member particular investigation group (SIT) led by an officer of assistant commissioner rank to probe the case. “An SIT has been fashioned to probe into the alleged crime. It will begin its investigation instantly,” stated a senior police officer.

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Police have arrested 4 folks: Mishra, who’s the principle accused; Zaib Ahmed (19) and Pramit Mukherjee (20), each college students on the school; and Pinaki Banerjee, the safety guard.

A medical examination at a state-run hospital has supported the girl’s claims, police stated. 

A senior officer added that investigators recovered an incriminating video clip from one of many accused’s cell phones, round 1 minute and 30 seconds lengthy. “We have discovered a video clip… which corroborates the statements made by the sufferer in her grievance,” the officer stated.

The survivor, in her grievance, acknowledged that she was confined, threatened, and assaulted regardless of resisting, after turning down a wedding proposal from Mishra.