"TMC is trying to protect accused": BJP's Dilip Ghosh on Kolkata gangrape case

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday accused the Mamata Banerjee and her ruling Trinamool Congress of attempting to "protect" the accused in the alleged Kolkata gangrape case, which took place on June 25 inside the campus of a Law college. "The facts are still not coming out, and TMC is trying to suppress them. The student leaders of TMC are the ones who are guilty. They have been in law school for 10-11 years. Even after graduating, they remain leaders there... It is the responsibility of the fact-finding committee to bring the incident to the fore. The country wants to know how such an incident took place... The culprit should also be punished..."

He also claimed that there are apprehensions among the people that the government may "save" the main culprit and "punish someone else". "Mamata Banerjee and her party are still trying to protect the accused... People are scared that the government is trying to save the main culprit. Maybe they will save him, and someone else will be punished. This should not happen, this is very shameful..."

Earlier, BJP fact-finding committee member Manan Kumar Mishra stated alleged that the police was "hiding" the family of the rape survivor and not allowing anyone to meet the security guard, who is the fourth accused in the incident which took place on June 25 inside the campus of a law college in Kolkata. He further alleged that there was an attempt to "tamper" with the First Information Report to change the name of the accused.

Mishra, told ANI a day earlier, "We visited everyone there and met other college staff also. When we saw some documents, it showed that some tampering had been done with the FIR. By looking at the document, it looks like someone attempted to change the name of the accused... We tried to talk to the victim, but it looks like the police are hiding the family of the victim and the family members... The guard is the best witness in this case, but they have also arrested him and are not letting him meet anyone..." "We will submit our report; however, that is a different thing, how the government of Mamata Banerjee will work on this..." he added. The team had been tasked to probe the incident.

Meanwhile, the Alipore court on Tuesday sent the three main accused to police custody till July 8.The Court also sent the security guard, the fourth accused, to custody till July 4. The accused, Monojit, Pramit, and Zaib, will remain in police custody until July 8. The security guard, Pinaki, will be in custody until July 4. (ANI)

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