Justice will be served: Trinamool as its student leader arrested for gang-rape
'We unequivocally condemn the tragic rape incident at South Calcutta Law College,' the Trinamool Congress said in a post on its official X handle, while reacting to the gang-rape of a law college student.Stating that the KolkataPolice 'swiftly apprehended all three accused', the ruling party in West Bengal said, '..the full weight of the law will be brought to bear, ensuring the most severe measures are imposed on those found guilty.'advertisementA 24-year-old student of South Calcutta Law College was gangraped by three persons – two of them current students, and the main accused, an alumnus who is also said to be an active member of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the student wing of the Trinamool Congress.
Meanwhile, the BJP West Bengal was highly critical of the Trinamool-led state government over the incident: 'At a reputed law college in South Kolkata, a female student was raped by Manojit, a former student and active member of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), along with two others, after being called near the TMCP union room,' the party stated in a post on X. - Ends
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