Pleas In Calcutta High Court Seek Court-Monitored Probe Into Rape Of Law Student On College Grounds, Heightened Security On Campuses
A number of pleas have been filed earlier than the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom in search of an impartial, court-monitored probe into an alleged incident of rape on the South Kolkata Legislation Faculty. The pleas additionally search heightend safety measures on faculty campuses in gentle of this incident following intently after the brutal rape and homicide of at trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital.
The pleas have been filed earlier than a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De, who’ve listed the matter for listening to on Thursday.
Three accused have been named by the complainant, who alleged that on twenty fifth June, when she had visited the campus for some educational work, she was forcefully taken to a number of locations within the faculty constructing, and at last to the guard’s room, the place she was sexually assaulted.
The sufferer has additionally alleged that the accused had recorded a video of the act and threatened her to not reveal the main points of her assault to anybody.
Upon the submitting of the criticism, the next day, the Kolkata Police arrested all three accused named within the criticism, in addition to the guard, in whose room the act of assault had been allegedly dedicated.
A neighborhood court docket in Kolkata had allowed the accused to be remanded in police custody for four days from the date of arrest.
Notably, the West Bengal authorities had additionally shaped a 9-member Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) to probe the problem, led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police.
