Bhunia appreciated the police's prompt action in the case, saying that they had made immediate arrests. "The police have taken prompt action and made immediate arrests. Our Chief Minister does not tolerate such incidents," he added.
The accused's father said that he trusts the State government, police, and administration, and is confident that the truth will come out during the investigation.
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.
Calling crimes against women in West Bengal a "pattern now," BJP leader Satpal Singh on Monday led a fact-finding team to South Kolkata following the alleged gangrape of a female student inside South Calcutta Law College on June 25.
The Kolkata Police said on Monday that all three FIR-named accused in the Kasba Law College gangrape case were arrested within 12 hours of the incident. A fourth accused was also apprehended based on evidence collected during the investigation.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday took a hit at the BJP after the party formed a probe committee into the alleged Kolkata gangrape case and said that while crimes against women must be strongly condemned and no government should overlook them, the BJP should also turn its attention to si
Reacting to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forming a four-member probe committee into the alleged Kolkata gangrape case, Congress leader Pawan Khera said that problems are not solved by ignoring a rape in BJP ruled state and considering rape in non BJP ruled state as a bigger thing.
BJP leader and committee member Meenakshi Lekhi stated that workers of the committee had sought time to meet the Police Commissioner, Chief Secretary and other college authorities to understand the actions taken and the progress made in the case.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gourav Vallabh demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in wake of alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata and said that TMC always tries to save the accused and never stood with the victim's family members.
Amid the political and social turmoil that has yet again gripped the state of West Bengal following an incident of alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College on June 25, State Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, along with scores of BJP workers, staged
Trinamool Congress on Sunday has issued a show cause notice to its party leader and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra following his "unwanted, unnecessary, and insensitive comments" on the alleged gangrape of a law student from South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area on June 25.