Seven days police custody for law college rape-accused

In a startling revelation made at the Alipore court today, the state counsel today is reported to have told the court that the inhaler, which was given to the victim at the south city law college on 25 June night was not brought to help the victim to recover but to prolong the alleged brutality.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

In another development, the state Bar council today scrapped the name of Manojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gang-rape case from the enrolment list of the lawyers. The resolution taken in connection with this by the state bar council at a meeting today would be sent to the Central Bar Council too, for its approval, said Ashok Deb, chairman of the state Bar council.

And in a major twist, to the investigation into the alleged incident, the officers of the detective department (DD) of the city police at Lalbazar would now be conducting the investigation, instead of the SIT formed in connection with the probe.