US EditionKolkata Police File Chargesheet in Law College Gangrape Case; Four Accused Named
Kolkata Police submitted a 658-page chargesheet with forensic, video, and witness evidence against four accused, including a former staffer and students, in the gang rape case.
- On August 23, 2025, Kolkata Police filed a chargesheet to the Alipore Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, naming four accused including Monojit Mishra, 58 days after the alleged incident at South Calcutta Law College.
- The survivor alleged that she was raped on June 25 in the guard's room inside South Calcutta Law College after rejecting Monojit Mishra's marriage proposal.
- Detective Department files cite forensic evidence , CCTV and mobile video evidence, plus a ~650-page chargesheet with statements of over 80 witnesses.
- All four accused are now in judicial custody, police charged the main accused under nine sections, and Chief Public Prosecutor Sourin Ghosal said `It is a foolproof case and we will go for custody trial.`
- The case prompted protests across the city, with protesters and students rallying amid statewide concern; Monojit Mishra's past TMCP role drew attention, though the party denies recent ties, and Pinaki Banerjee, 55, college security guard, was arrested for abetting the crime.
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Kolkata law college rape: Police file chargesheet against four accused after two months of incident
The 24-year-old law student was allegedly gang-raped on June 25 inside the college premises located in the Kasba area of south Kolkata. A case was registered by police on June 26 after the survivor filed a complaint.
WB: Police submit charge sheet in Kolkata law college gang-rape case
Kolkata: A charge sheet was filed against four accused in the alleged gang-rape of a law student on her college campus in Kolkata, around two months after the crime, police said. The charge sheet was submitted before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alipore on Saturday, naming Monojit Mishra, the prime accused and an alumnus of the college, and three others, a senior officer said. “The charges, based on technical, scientific and…
Police submit charge sheet in Kolkata law college gang rape case
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