Kolkata 'gang-rape' case: Prime accused 'Mango's' one-liner for every girl — ‘Tui amay biye korbi?’ (Will you marry me?); used same line to target multiple women

KOLKATA: The key accused in the law college rape, Monojit Mishra, also known as Mango, always had a predilection for sexual depravity and violence with marked psychopathic tendencies, said a cross-section of his college juniors and batchmates.His conversation starter "Tui amay biye korbi (Will you marry me)?" with the 24-year-old collegian he raped on the campus on Wednesday was not the first time he had asked the question. Mishra, ousted from the college's Trinamool unit in 2021, had posed the same question to "many other girls" on the campus.A college insider said Monojit used to morph pictures of girls and circulate them among his friends. "He filmed private moments with women and showed it to his friends.

He had a tendency to record videos of almost everything. He and his aides used to click photographs of women and post them in groups, body shaming them and maligning them," she said.

A source said multiple complaints of molestation, harassment, physical assault, and extortion were lodged against him. The party had been alerted about this but no action had followed.A third-year student told TOI: "The college authorities knew everything, and they gave full support to Mango.

This was not a stray incident; this person and his team members were a terror for the students, especially for girls. A proper sexual harassment complaint was submitted to the teacher-in-charge, but no action was taken. No one at this college is safe."A first-year student whom TOI reached out to sounded very scared and stated that while the college had proper infrastructure for healthy academics, political influence had spoiled the atmosphere.

"Those who are attached to the union have a licence to do anything they want. Monojit was the administrator of all the WhatsApp groups where important notices were posted and he could add and remove anyone at his discretion.

Posting photographs of our female friends and making filthy jokes were normal practices, and we had to remain silent as they wielded power. He had free access everywhere on the campus, including staff rooms and administrative rooms.

Students used to go to him to solve college-related issues."A few current students revealed that they were so traumatised and scared of him that they had stopped going to college. "A few of us took part in the ‘Reclaim the Night' movement last year. Monojit called us, threatened us, and beat some of us for taking part in the protest," said a student."He used to openly say that nothing will happen to him as he has access to political netas.

This impunity gave him a free hand to do anything. He behaved like the boss of the college; teachers and guards were scared of him. He was an ad-hoc staff member but stayed at the college till late at night," said an insider.An alumnus added: "When I entered the college in 2016, we were particularly told to avoid a few people, and one of them was Manojit Mishra." A daughter of a judge spent just six months at the college, and those few months were enough to rattle her. "He studied with us but surprisingly, he was in the same class for 10 years, just to stay in the college. Complaints were filed against him several times at the Gariahat police station for harassment but nothing happened," she said.