West Bengal Police have arrested the fifth accused in connection with the alleged Durgapur gang rape case, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate said on Monday.
West Bengal Police have arrested the fourth accused in connection with the alleged Durgapur gang rape case, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate said.
According to the release, NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Director General of Police (DGP) of West Bengal, demanding the immediate arrest of all accused persons, a prompt and transparent investigation, and adequate medical and psychological support for the survivor.
Pramanik also claimed that the West Bengal Police is trying to mislead the incident like the previous RG Kar rape case, where a female doctor was raped and murder on August 9 in the RG Kar Hospital's seminar room.
This comes after a female student was allegedly gang raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kasba area in the capital city of West Bengal on June 25.
Demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Banerjee over the alleged gangrape incident in Kolkata, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on Tuesday said that the law and order situation in West Bengal has completely collapsed, adding that the state police has become a cadre of the Trinamool Congre
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma urged everyone, including the media, to refrain from revealing the identity of the victim of the alleged gangrape case which took place inside the campus of the South Calcutta Law College on social media or anywhere else.
The alleged gangrape took place on June 25 inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area. The four arrested accused include the main accused, Manojit Mishra. A five-member SIT has been formed to lead the investigation.
Majumdar pointed out that in the past eight months, two such incidents have occurred, first one the RG Kar rape and murder case and the recent rape of a student at a law college in South Kolkata.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh has sharply criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) fact-finding committee dispatched to Kolkata in response to an alleged rape case, labeling it a "gimmick" and an act of "political tourism."
Arindam Kanjilal, victim's advocate in alleged Kolkata gang rape case which happened on June 25, in his interaction with ANI, said, that the highest punishment shall not be less than 20 years and can lead up to life imprisonment.