Kolkata police arrange SIT to probe into Kasba regulation school gang rape case

A senior police official stated officers have discovered an incriminating video clip in one of many three cellphones seized from the accused individuals.

“We have discovered a video clipping of roughly 1 minute 30 seconds, which corroborates the statements made by the sufferer in her grievance,” stated an official.

A primary-year pupil of South Calcutta Law College was allegedly gangraped on Wednesday within the safety guard’s room on the ground-floor of the school campus.

Report of the sufferer’s medical examination executed in a state-run hospital has additionally corroborated her statements, officers stated with out divulging additional particulars.

On Thursday, a contractual employees of the school Monojit Mishra (31) and two college students, Zaib Ahmed (19) and Pramit Mukherjee (20) have been arrested on the idea of a grievance lodged by the survivor. On Saturday, a safety guard of the school, Pinaki Banerjee, was additionally arrested.

The girl in her grievance alleged that Mishra confirmed her two movies which have been captured whereas she was being stripped.

“I nonetheless fought again after which he (Mishra) confirmed me two movies of mine being bare when he raped me. He threatened me to point out everybody these movies if I don’t cooperate and if I don’t come every time he calls me,” she stated in her grievance.

Meanwhile, police have additionally collected CCTV footage which covers the world outdoors the union room and the safety guard’s room. They are greater than seven hours lengthy, ranging from 3.30 pm on June 25.

The survivor alleged that whereas she reached the school round 12 midday on Wednesday to replenish some kinds for an upcoming examination, she was requested to remain again by Mishra. The crime came about between 7.30 pm and 10.50 pm.

“We have arrested a safety guard of the school. This is the fourth arrest in reference to the case. The probe is ongoing,” a senior officer stated.

The survivor alleged that Mishra’s aides, Ahmed and Mukherjee, allegedly locked the principle gate of the school and forcibly took her to the guard’s room. The safety guard was allegedly requested to depart. In the guard’s room, Mishra allegedly tried to rape her.

“Mishra instructed Ahmed and Mukherjee to take me to the guard’s room and make the guard sit outdoors. They did so,” she wrote within the grievance.

“The safety guard did little to assist the sufferer, nor did he elevate an alarm or inform the school authorities or dial 100 to tell the police,” stated an official.

The National Commission for Women (NCW), which had taken suo moto cognizance of the case and had sought an action-taken-report from Kolkata’s police commissioner on Friday, wrote a contemporary letter to the state’s chief secretary on Saturday, searching for the survivor’s medical stories inside three days and safety association for her household.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) introduced that it could ship a four-member crew to Kolkata to probe into the incident, which might submit a report back to get together president JP Nadda. The BJP additionally stated that it wouldn’t demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident.

“I agree that CBI wasn’t profitable in its probe into the rape and homicide in RG Kar Hospital. . . We don’t desire a CBI probe. We need the Kolkata Police to probe into this. The policemen get their wage from the tax paid by the residents. Let the police examine and produce out the reality,” Agnimitra Paul, BJP legislator, stated at a press convention on the BJP workplace in Salt Lake.

“@BJP4Bengal MLA @paulagnimitra1 declares that she and her get together have NO FAITH in @BJP4India’s puppet company – the CBI. She claims that the @CBIHeadquarters FAILED to make sure justice or do their job correctly within the RG Kar incident. Interestingly, she has now positioned her belief in @WBPolice and @KolkataPolice for making certain the security and safety of ladies. Well Madam, good to see actuality lastly sinking in!” the TMC wrote on X.