Kolkata gangrape HORROR: Victim’s nail scratch marks found on Monojit Mishra’s body, court extends police custody of accused till July 8
Kolkata gangrape case: Doctors have found nail scratch marks on the body of Monojit Mishra, a former TMC student leader who is the prime accused in the gangrape of a student at a Kolkata law college, even as a city court on Tuesday extended the police custody of all three accused, including Mishra, by eight days till July 8.
Scratch marks found on prime accused Monojit Mishra’s body
Citing police sources, a PTI report said that nail scratch marks, presumably inflicted by the victim, were found on Monojit Mishra’s body during medical examination, indicating the survivor resisted the alleged rape that inside the room of a security guard at the South Calcutta Law College on the evening of June 25, said an officer.
“There are signs of injuries, precisely scratch marks, on the body of Monojit. These injuries are fresh. Such injuries happen when someone faces struggle or resistance,” the officer said, according to PTI.
However, the report did not explicitly mention whether the scratch marks have been matched to the victim yet.
Court extends police custody of accused
Meanwhile, a court in Kolkata Tuesday extended the police custody of all three accused– Monojit Mishra, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee– in connection with the alleged gangrape case till July 8th of this month.
The trio were arrested on June 26 and produced before a court the following day, which initially remanded them to four days of police custody. Upon production at Alipore Court on Tuesday, their police custody was extended till July 8.
A security guard of the college, Pinaki Banerjee, was also arrested on June 28 in connection with the case. His police custody was extended till July 4.
The extension of police custody came following a prayer by the public prosecutor and the investigating officer, who sought more time to question the accused. The accused trio’s defence lawyers did not move bail pleas and instead told the court that their clients were fully cooperating with the investigation and are willing to help bring out the truth.
They also urged the court to ensure that no media trial takes place before the charges are proven and requested that the accused not be “victimised” in the process.
The counsel of the security guard pleaded for bail, arguing that his client had no prior criminal record and had not left his place of duty. However, the plea was rejected and his police custody extended till July 4.
Kolkata gangrape
A first-year student was allegedly gangraped by three men inside the security guard’s room at the Kasba Law College aka the South Calcutta Law College on the evening of June 25. The incident took place when the 24-year-old victim was sitting in the union room at around 7 PM, when Mishra approached her and proposed to marry her, according to a report by Hindustan Times Bangla.
The student turned down Mishra’s marriage proposal, following which he and two other accused, both senior students at the Kasba Law College, allegedly raped her inside the guard’s room. The alleged crime took place between 7.30 pm and 10.50 pm on June 25.
Following a preliminary medical examination of the victim and witness statements, the Kolkata Police registered an FIR in the case and arrested three accused, including Monojit Mishra. Mishra and Zaib Ahmed were arrested on June 26 Siddhartha Shankar Roy Sishu Udyan at Talbagan, while the third accused, Pramit Mukherjee, was nabbed from his home on early Friday.
(With PTI inputs)
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