Pleas In Calcutta High Court Seek Court-Monitored Probe Into Rape Of Law Student On College Grounds, Heightened Security On Campuses

Multiple pleas have been filed before the Calcutta High Court seeking an independent, court-monitored probe into an alleged incident of rape at the South Kolkata Law College. The pleas also seek heightend security measures on college campuses in light of this incident following closely after the brutal rape and murder of at trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital.

The pleas were filed before a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De, who have listed the matter for hearing on Thursday.

Three accused were named by the complainant, who alleged that on 25th June, when she had visited the campus for some academic work, she was forcefully taken to multiple places in the college building, and finally to the guard's room, where she was sexually assaulted.

The victim has also alleged that the accused had recorded a video of the act and threatened her not to reveal the details of her assault to anyone.

Upon the filing of the complaint, the following day, the Kolkata Police arrested all three accused named in the complaint, as well as the guard, in whose room the act of assault had been allegedly committed.

A local court in Kolkata had allowed the accused to be remanded in police custody for four days from the date of arrest.

Notably, the West Bengal government had also formed a 9-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the issue, led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police.