Law student gang-raped in Kolkata, 3 held

A law student aspiring to join South Calcutta Law College was allegedly gang-raped inside the institution by a former student, with two senior students assisting in the crime, Kolkata police said on Friday, June 27.

The horrifying incident, which occurred on the evening of June 25, has sent shockwaves through the state, drawing parallels to the rape and murder of an intern at RG Kar Medical College last year.

According to police, the victim had arrived at the college in the afternoon to



fill out academic forms after being summoned by individuals known to her. Later that evening, she was allegedly forced into a guard’s room on the ground floor near the students’ union office and raped till 10 pm.

The main accused, a practising criminal lawyer at the Alipore police and sessions court and an alumnus of the college, was arrested along with two bonafide senior students of the institution.

All three were produced in court and have been remanded to police custody for four days.