Kolkata: A female student of South Calcutta Law College was allegedly raped by a former student inside the college premises, with two senior students of the institution accused of aiding him in the act, police said on Friday.
According to officials, the incident came to light on Friday. All three accused have been arrested and produced before a court, which remanded them in police custody for four days. Police said the process of recording the victim’s confidential statement before a judicial magistrate is underway.
Sources in the college said the main accused is a former student who is currently practising as a criminal lawyer at the Alipore police and sessions court. Police confirmed that the other two accused are senior students of the college.
The incident has triggered outrage, drawing comparisons to the rape and murder of a medical intern inside RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata last August, which had also caused a political storm.
Social media profiles linked to the prime accused suggest he is the former president of the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) unit at the college and the current organising secretary of the TMCP’s South Kolkata wing.
