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Kolkata gangrape accused had demanded death penalty for RG Kar rapist in post
A Facebook post by Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gang-rape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata, has gone viral for his earlier demand for capital punishment for had taken to Facebook in August last year following the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, sharing a video of protests that broke out in the aftermath of the the rapist to be hanged. Want justice and not drama. Want immediate justice. Want death sentence for the culprits,' he had written on August 16, 2024,
The irony of the statement has not been lost on social media users, who slammed Mishra's apparent hypocrisy.
THE RG KAR CASE THAT SPARKED MISHRA'S POSTThe body of an on-duty trainee doctor was found in the seminar room of the state-run hospital on August 9 last year. An autopsy confirmed she had been sexually assaulted and demonstrations followed, with medical professionals, political parties and activists demanding justice. Within days, Kolkata Police arrested Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer, for the crime. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Sealdah court on January 20, post demanding justice came during the peak of those protests, and now, in light of his own arrest, has stoked public LAW COLLEGE GANG RAPEMonojit Mishra, a 31-year-old criminal lawyer, alumnus, and contractual non-teaching staff at South Calcutta Law College, was arrested on Wednesday along with students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaid Ahmed on charges of gang her police complaint, the 24-year-old survivor said she went to the college on June 25 to fill out exam forms. She alleged that Mishra raped her after she turned down his marriage proposal, while the other two accused stood guard and recorded the act on their mobile phones.A senior police official said that CCTV footage recovered from the college supported the woman's account. The footage shows movements consistent with the complaint, including the victim being led into the guard's room against her total, four people – including Mishra, his two accomplices, and a security guard – have been arrested in connection with the case. A five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed by Kolkata Police to probe the incident has triggered a political uproar in Bengal, with the opposition BJP accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress's student wing of sheltering violent elements. TMCP has denied any link to the accused and called for strict punishment.- EndsMust Watch
