WB Govt submits report over college gangrape to HC

The West Bengal Government on Thursday submitted a progress report before the Calcutta High Court on the investigation by the Kolkata Police into the alleged gang rape of a student in a law college here.

The court also looked into the case diary of the police in the alleged gang rape of a student by an alumnus and two seniors on South Calcutta Law College campus.

The progress report on the investigation was submitted in a sealed envelope. A Division Bench presided by Justice Soumen Sen directed the state government to submit a report on further progress in the investigation into the case after four weeks.

The matter will come up for hearing again on July 17, the court directed. The Bench, also comprising Justice Smita Das De, while directing that a copy of the report be given to the lawyer of the family of the student, instructed them not to divulge the content of the report to anyone.

The Bench on July 3 directed the state government to file a report on the progress of the investigation into the South Calcutta Law College gang rape case in the form of an affidavit. It had also directed the state to produce the case diary of the investigation before it.

The survivor has alleged that she was gang raped inside the South Kolkata Law College on June 25. Following the student's complaint, the police have arrested prime accused alumnus Manojit Mishra, along with students Promit Mukherjee and Zaid Ahmed. A guard of the college was also apprehended later. All the four accused are in judicial custody at present.