Law college rape: Cops seek custody of accused
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Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Friday produced the four accused in the law college gang rape case at a local court and requested police custody for three main accused — Monojit Mishra and his aides, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee — till Aug 3, and security guard Pinaki Mukherjee till Aug 4.
Cops claimed their questioning was necessary to verify the role of each accused by analysing report of electronic evidence and other documents, the final reports of which have arrived.
The development came amid Mishra seeking bail for the first time. His counsel also claimed police torture inside prison van. Mukherjee also moved court and sought bail.
The order has been kept in abeyance till Aug 5. This is the first time that the Kolkata Police asked for custody of any accused under BNS in the Alipore court — also the first in a heinous crime — after the accused spent over two weeks in judicial custody, said sources. Cops had pre-poned the production, the original date being fixed on Aug 5.
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