Kolkata Law College Rape Accused Filmed Assault To Silence Survivor, Offered Political Post: Report

In the rape case that took place on June 25, the survivor said in her complaint that she asked her father to pick her up after the crime.

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Source : ANI

The prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, Monojit 'Mango' Mishra, has told police that he believed that the threat to circulate the sex assault video would stop the survivor from complaining to police. In the rape case that took place on June 25, the survivor said in her complaint that she asked her father to pick her up after the crime. Mango and the co-accused Pramit Mukhopadhyay left the campus shortly.

According to an NDTV report quoting sources, Monojit had asked some friends to keep an eye on the Kasba Police Station – about a kilometre from the college – to see if the survivor registers a complaint. On the next day, accused Monojit called a college staff member and asked if the police had visited the campus. When he got to know that the cops were after him, he called his lawyer friends and the seniors of the college and asked for help. However, no one intervened, the sources further added.

Monojit told the police, according to sources, that Pramit and Zaib shot videos of him raping the survivor, and they were sure that she wouldn't file a police complaint out of fear that he may circulate the video. Monojit, who was the head of the Trinamool Congress youth wing on campus, has joined the college as a contractual employee. Called 'Mango' by his cronies, he used his political connections to wield influence on campus.

According to the sources, Zaib and Pramit have told the police that the survivor rebuffed Monojit's advances earlier, and he wanted to "teach her a lesson". He also offered her the post of general secretary of the college union before planning the June 25 assault. However, this post was offered to the survivor despite there being no official student union on campus for years.

"Zaib and Pramit said that at least two days before the crime, Monojit informed them that the survivor would be on campus to submit an exam form. They were instructed to keep her there until evening," reports The Times of India, quoting sources.