The accused were taken to South Calcutta Law College on Friday.
- Four men arrested in the Kolkata rape case were taken to the college for a reconstruction of the crime scene
- They arrived at the college at around 4.30 am and the reconstruction of events lasted for around five hours
- After that, the accused were taken back to the police station
The four men, including the prime accused, arrested for the rape of a law student was taken to South Calcutta Law College for a reconstruction of the crime scene on Friday, as the city police intensified its probe into the case that has sparked an uproar across the state.
A team of senior policemen took alumnus and contractual staff Monojit Mishra, current students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed and security guard Pinaki Banerjee to the institute at Kasba area at around 4.30am to reconstruct the events that led to the rape of the 24-year-old student in the evening of June 25.
"The reconstruction of the crime scene is a vital part of the investigation. We completed the task today. The four accused persons were taken to the South Calcutta Law College early this morning, and the task is done," a police officer told news agency PTI.
The entire reconstruction process, carried out in the presence of a huge police team, lasted for nearly five hours, following which the four were taken back to the police station, the officer added.
"Our findings will now be cross-checked with the allegation of the woman and verified with other evidence," the officer said.
The woman was allegedly raped by Mishra, who was assisted by Mukherjee and Ahmed, in a room used by the security guard. The medical examination, as well as, the circumstantial evidence corroborated the first-year student's allegation of being gang-raped.
Speaking to NDTV, the survivor said all students "feared" Mishra, who earlier had links with the ruling Trinamool Congress, on the campus. "There was an atmosphere of intimidation on the campus. He used to click photos of female students, morph them and circulate them on WhatsApp groups. He also sexually harassed them. There was so much intimidation that students were scared to attend classes," she said.
Police said Mishra has 11 cases against him, many of them related to harassment and misbehaviour against women. He was out on bail on these cases.
Mishra's father Robin told NDTV that his son was a good student. "That's why he became an advocate," he told NDTV.
"This is a subjudice matter. No citizen who believes in the Constitution must comment on this," he said when asked to comment on the case.
The college has cancelled the appointment of Mishra, who was serving as a casual employee on a previous recommendation of its governing body, in the wake of his arrest.
College records indicate that Mishra was previously a student of the institute and was admitted in 2013. That year, he was rusticated from the institution after being charged with stabbing a youth on Chetla Bridge under the jurisdiction of Kalighat police station.
On Monday, the court extended the police custody of Mishra and the two students till July 8. The security guard will be in police custody till Friday.
