29 June,2025 08:50 AM IST | Kolkata | Agencies
Kolkata police came down hard on the BJP protesters. Pic/PTI
The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang-raped, a senior officer said.
The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of the institution on June 25.
"The rally was stopped at Gariahat crossing in south Kolkata, and Majumdar and several other BJP leaders were detained. They were taken to the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar," the senior officer said.
Following the victim's complaint, the police have arrested prime accused Manojit Mishra, Promit Mukherjee and Zaid Ahmed. The guard of the college was also arrested on Saturday morning. The BJP in New Delhi said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should apologise and offer to resign, claiming that all the accused were linked to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
"We were here to protest against the rising number of crimes against women. The police did not allow us to hold the rally. The chief minister must take responsibility for the gang rape incident," the union minister said in Kolkata.
The Kolkata Police on Saturday formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged gang rape. The SIT is led by an assistant commissioner-rank officer. "An SIT has been formed. It will start its investigation immediately," an officer said.
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