Kolkata Law Student Rape: Accused Believed Video Threat Would Silence Survivor

GG News Bureau
Kolkata, 3rd July: Monojit ‘Mango’ Mishra, the prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, believed that threatening to circulate a video of the sexual assault would prevent the 24-year-old survivor from approaching the police, top Kolkata Police sources have revealed.

According to the investigation, the assault took place on the evening of June 25. The survivor, in her complaint, said she immediately called her father to pick her up from campus following the incident. Monojit, along with co-accused Pramit Mukhopadhyay and Zaib Ahmed, fled shortly after.

Sources said Monojit had asked associates to monitor the Kasba Police Station—just a kilometre from the campus—to check whether the survivor was filing a complaint. The next morning, he called a college staff member to find out if police had visited the premises. When he realised he was being pursued, Monojit reached out to lawyer friends and college seniors for support, but received none.

Police arrested Monojit and Zaib on the evening of June 26 near Ballygunge’s Fern Road, around 1.5 km from the college. Pramit was later arrested at his residence. During interrogation, Monojit allegedly admitted that Pramit and Zaib had filmed the rape, assuming that the threat of public humiliation would be enough to silence the survivor.

Further investigation revealed that Monojit had been targeting the survivor since she joined the college. An alumnus and former Trinamool Congress youth wing leader, Monojit had joined the institution as a contractual employee and reportedly used his political clout to exert control on campus.

Both Zaib and Pramit claimed that Monojit harboured resentment after the woman rejected his advances, and that he orchestrated the assault to “teach her a lesson.” As part of the setup, Monojit allegedly offered her the fictitious post of general secretary of the college union—a post that doesn’t exist officially due to the absence of a recognised students’ body.

Sources cited in The Times of India noted that two days before the assault, Monojit had instructed Zaib and Pramit to ensure the woman remained on campus when she arrived to submit her exam form.

Key evidence—including a bedsheet—is being examined after being recovered from the guard’s room on campus, where the crime was committed.

Police have also discovered that Monojit faces 11 prior cases, many of them related to harassment and misbehaviour with women. He was reportedly out on bail in most of these cases.

The investigation continues, with forensic analysis underway and calls growing for stricter institutional oversight in educational spaces.