‘Nail scratch marks on physique…’: Medical report deepens hassle for Kolkata gangrape accused Monojit Mishra

Medical examination revealed nail-inflicted accidents, indicating that the sufferer tried to combat again through the assault. The alleged gang-rape happened inside a safety guard’s room on the premises of South Calcutta Legislation Faculty on June 25.

“There are indicators of accidents, exactly scratch marks, on the physique of Monojit. These accidents are recent. Such accidents occur when somebody faces wrestle or resistance,” information company PTI reported, quoting a well-placed police supply.

Earlier, the medical examination of the survivor had additionally corroborated her assertion, with medical doctors discovering proof of “forceful penetration, chew marks, and nail scratches” on her physique.

In the meantime, CCTV footage of the campus additionally confirmed the survivor being dragged by the accused inside the school premises.

Police have arrested 4 individuals in reference to the case. First, they held the prime accused, Monojit Mishra, and his co-accused, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee, who have been college students of the legislation faculty. Later, faculty safety guard Pinaki Bandyopadhyay was additionally arrested.

The nine-member Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) of the Kolkata Police, which is at present probing the case, additionally discovered proof of Monojit’s dialog with the Vice Principal of the legislation faculty, Dr Nayna Chatterji, the morning after the crime.

The decision particulars report (CDRs) of the cellphones of all three accused have been cross-checked completely. “We discovered that there was a name from Monojit’s quantity to the school VP the following morning after the crime happened. We now have questioned the VP twice since yesterday to know the small print of their dialog,” the IPS officer stated.

He added that efforts are underway to seek out out each element concerning the telephonic dialog between Monojit and Chatterji.

Moreover, police have additionally recovered the CCTV footage of a medical store from the place one of many accused, Zaib Ahmed, purchased an inhaler for the survivor.

The survivor had requested her attackers to take her to a hospital when she fell sick through the assault. However after they denied her request, she reportedly urged them to get her an inhaler to assist her breathlessness.

“Zaib Ahmed had gone to the medical retailer to fetch the inhaler. The proprietor of the pharmacy stated that Zaib needed to make half of the cost in money and the remainder by way of UPI, which we didn’t conform to. The accused then made the complete cost on-line. We now have taken a observe of their model,” the police official stated.

In her criticism as nicely, the 24-year-old lady talked about that Zaib had introduced the inhaler, which made her really feel higher. Nevertheless, the reduction didn’t final for lengthy as they once more started to torture her.

The police officer stated that they’ve made an inventory of 16 individuals, principally college students, who have been seen within the CCTV footage on the faculty after class hours. Thus far, investigating officers have questioned six of them. “We’re speaking to them to seek out out whether or not they have seen or heard something there on June 25,” he added.

A number of items of proof, together with digital footprints, medical assessments, and the scene of the crime, have all corroborated the survivor’s criticism.

On Tuesday, police sought an prolonged 10-day custody of all of the arrested accused on the Alipore court docket.

Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma instructed reporters that the investigating officers have collected many items of proof in reference to the crime. “The matter is kind of delicate and I won’t be able to disclose particulars. We now have arrested the three accused inside 12 hours after the FIR was filed. One other particular person was additionally arrested later,” he added.