The main accused in this case is Manojit Mishra, who passed out from the college in 2022 and practice in Alipur court. Not only this, he has also been the former president of the Trinamool Students Council unit of the college and the organization secretary of the South Kolkata unit of TMC Students Organization. Many of his photos on social media have gone viral with the ruling TMC leaders.

The college administration has admitted that the accused was recently appointed as a non-teaching staff on a 45-day contract. While the police said that two other accused are the current college students and the victim is senior.

The incident took place on the evening of 25 June. The student was called to the college and stopped on the pretext of filling some forms and later taken to the guard room on the ground floor of the college and gang -raped till 10 pm. During this time, it is also accused of using items like hockey stick and video recording of the victim.

The victim said in her complaint that the accused was pressurizing her to marry, and on refusal, she was raped by holding hostage on the campus itself. Not only this, during the gang rape, a video of him was threatened that if he told anyone, this video will be put on the internet.

The police have seized the mobiles of the accused and forensic investigation is being done that if this video was sent to others. After the incident, the National Commission for Women has also taken self -cognizance and sought a report in three days.

After this incident, the college administration and the state government are also in the dock. Deputy Principal Dr. Nayana Chatterjee said that she received information from the police that two rooms of the college have been sealed and they are trying to find out what has happened.

Political reactions are also fast. Congress and AIDSO activists demonstrated outside the town police station, which was forcefully removed by the police. TMCP President Trinankur Bhattacharya said that the accused was never the unit president of the organization.

TMC described the incident as ‘painful’ and said that it should not be politicized. Minister Shashi Panja said that the state government is with the victim and her family. He took a sarcasm at the opposition and said that the Mamta government does not garland criminals and does not compromise with the dignity of women.