Kolkata Police forms 5-member SIT to probe alleged gang-rape at South Calcutta Law College

A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday

A five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted by the Kolkata Police on Saturday under the supervision of ACP Pradip Kumar Ghosal of the Special Services Division to investigate the alleged gangrape incident that reportedly occurred at South Calcutta Law College on the evening of June 25.

Meanwhile, the three accused, Manojit Mishra, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, who the Police have named, have been remanded to police custody till July 1.

The latest development came as the opposition parties mounted pressure on the ruling Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and demanded her resignation and security for women at educational institutions.

A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday, June 25.

The West Bengal unit of the Congress party staged a protest in Durgapur on Saturday over the alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata. Carrying party flags, protesters also held a sit-in demonstration. Police intervened to disperse the crowd in order to ease traffic congestion.

Earlier, the police had arrested three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college.

*With Agency Inputs