‘CCTV Footage Shows Victim Forced Into Guard’s Room’: Police On Kolkata Law Student Rape Case

Last Updated:June 29, 2025, 08:15 IST

CCTV footage from South Calcutta Law College supports a 24-year-old student's gangrape claims against three people, including alumnus Monojit Mishra.

South Calcutta Law College (PTI)

The police on Saturday confirmed that the CCTV camera footage obtained from South Calcutta Law College has corroborated the gangrape allegations made by a 24-year-old student against three people, including a college alumnus.

According to a report in the news agency PTI, the seven-hour CCTV footage, spanning from 3.30 pm to 10.50 pm on June 25, captured the movements around the college premises. The footage showed the victim being forced into the guard’s room, where she was sexually assaulted by three accused.

“The CCTV footage confirms the girl’s allegations. It shows the movements of the three accused, the security guard, and the victim. We are currently examining the footage," an investigating officer told PTI.

Monojit Mishra – a 31-year-old former student of the college, who is now a practising lawyer and three others – two students, 19-year-old Zaib Ahmed and 20-year-old Pramit Mukhopadhyay, and a security guard – have been arrested in connection with the case.

The investigation team gathered evidence from three campus locations – the students’ union room, the washroom, and the guard’s room – which corroborates the victim’s account.

Police said that the seized items from the three locations include strands of hair, several bottles containing unknown liquids, and a hockey stick.

As per the officials, there are clear signs of a struggle in the three rooms, adding that the samples have been sent for forensic examination.

The victim alleged in her complaint that the accused threatened her with a hockey stick. Investigators recovered a 1.5-minute video clip from the main accused’s mobile phone. 

“A forensic analysis of the video is underway. We’re trying to determine if it was shared or deleted," the officer reportedly said.

Meanwhile, the Kolkata Police has formed a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (South Suburban Division), Pradip Ghoshal. The SIT is expected to record a confidential statement from the victim and her parents. Authorities are also investigating whether the accused deliberately planned the crime.

“Going by the sequence of events, it appears that the prime accused tortured the victim after she rejected his marriage proposal. This has been corroborated by the circumstantial evidence," the officer said.

“But whether it was a pre-planned crime needs to be proved," the officer said.

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