Kolkata law college rape: Manojit Mishra filmed act through exhaust fan hole; ‘used video to blackmail survivor’
Times of India | 26 August 2025
KOLKATA: The incident of June 25 gang rape on a city law college campus was meticulously documented by the accused, the cops claimed in their charge sheet. According to police, the act of rape was captured on mobile phones through the exhaust fan hole in the wall.
The detective department submitted the charge sheet on Saturday-implicating main accused Manojit Mishra, his aides Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, and security guard Pinaki Bandyopadhyay.
The incident was meticulously documented by the accused, with video footage playing a pivotal role in the investigation, the cops claimed. | Gold Rates Today in Kolkata | Silver Rates Today in KolkataAccording to the charge sheet, Mishra orchestrated the assault, forcing the victim to strip in the guard's room, while Zaib and Pramit recorded the incident. The charge sheet also details how Mishra used the video as a tool for blackmail, threatening to disseminate the footage to tarnish the girl's reputation unless she complied with his demands.
The role of the security guard also came under scrutiny. The charge sheet reveals that the guard, despite being aware of the crime, chose to remain silent. He allegedly left the guard room as the girl was being taken inside and did not alert the college authorities or police, the charge sheet claimed.
"The trio plotted for several days to carry out this torture on the survivor. We found that she was targeted by the prime accused from the very first day she got admission to the college. We are gathering witnesses who will prove that she was targeted from day one. This is part of our final charge sheet," a police officer said.
The charge sheet also lists the survivor's parents as key witnesses.
Mishra was also charged under BNS section 351(3) (criminal intimidation), section 140(3) (abduction with the intent of secret and wrongful confinement), section 140(4) (abduction with the intent to cause grievous hurt or unnatural lust), section 142 (confinement of an abducted person), section 238 (causing the disappearance of evidence or giving false information to shield an offender), and sections 67A and 66E of the Information Technology Act.
In the initial FIR registered at the Kasba PS, police originally pressed charges under Sections 127 (2) (wrongful confinement), 70 (1) (gang rape), and 3 (5) (common intention) of the BNS.(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)