Kolkata law college case: Officials of South Calcutta Law College have expelled three accused of gangrape from a 24 -year -old student from the college. An official gave this information on Tuesday (July 01, 2025).
The Kolkata Police called the identity of the rape victim a serious violation of the law and issued a warning of strict legal action against anyone who did so.
Accused in police custody till 1 July
The students expelled from the college include the main accused ‘Manjit Mishra’, who worked as an adult faculty member in the college. Mishra was arrested along with college students and co-accused Jab Ahmed and Promit Mukherjee and has been sent on remand in police custody till July 1.
Following the meeting of the government body of the college under the chairmanship of Trinamool Congress MLA Ashok Kumar Deb, the college announced to terminate Mishra’s services and expel two students.
Show cause notice to college security agency
Deb told reporters, ‘It has been decided to abolish Mishra’s services and two other students will be expelled with immediate effect. A show cause notice will also be sent to the security agency appointed for the safety of the college campus.
This action has been taken by the college administration amid the increasing public anger over the alleged incident in the college campus, due to which there was a strong demand to improve the accountability and the security protocol in the campus. According to the Deputy Principal of the college, Mishra was appointed on a contract basis about 45 days ago.
Mishra was expelled out of college earlier also
The college records revealed that Mishra was a student of the institute earlier and was admitted in 2013. The same year, a young man was expelled from the institute on the charge of stabbing a young man on Chetla Bridge under Kalighat police station area. Mishra had disappeared from the reach of the police at that time, but in 2017 he came out again and re -enrolled in college, from where he passed in 2022. He was also associated with the Trinamool Congress Students’ Council (TMCP) and according to the alumni, he had a lot of dominance within the college.
Titus Manna, an alumni student of the institute, told the local news channel, ‘In December 2016, he was accused of leading a crowd of outsiders to vandalize the college campus. An FIR and counter FIR were lodged at the town police station in connection with the incident, but the cases were withdrawn for some unknown reason.
Legal violation to reveal the identity of the victim
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Police issued a warning of strict legal action against any person who tried to reveal the identity of the victim student. The police described the revealing the identity of the rape victim as a serious violation of the law.
The consultation issued on Tuesday said, ‘It has come to notice that some people are trying to reveal the identity of the victim in the town case through the spread of confidential documents or other methods. This is a serious violation of the law.
Police shared a statement on social media
The Kolkata police warned that sharing directly or indirectly, sharing any material including documents, pictures or social media content, is punishable under the legal provisions related to the legal provisions.
The police statement uploaded on social media said, ‘Strict legal action will be taken against anyone found in such acts under the relevant provisions. People are strictly advised not to share any such information, which reveals the identity of the victim.
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