Kolkata law student rape case: Blood samples, CCTV footage match; Monojit Mishra targeted girl from first day in collage | Kolkata News – Times of India

KOLKATA: Crucial forensic evidence – biological, chemical, and technical – started arriving in the law college gang rape case of last month, making cops confident of securing a rape conviction. According to sources, the two blood samples collected from the union room and bed sheet in the guard room reportedly matched blood samples collected from the “prime persons involved with the case”.The police also began receiving the forensic analysis reports of the mobile phones of all the accused. The cops believe it will be a major lead in this case, given that the initial complaint mentioned that at least two of these mobile phones had recordings of the crime, an attempt to threaten the survivor. The cops completed a financial audit of the bank statements of the accused. According to the forwarding note produced in court, the call details record of different mobile phone numbers were obtained from respective service, providers.

“A further clarification in respect of the medical examination report of the survivor issued from CNMC Hospital was collected. Some incriminating articles/documents were seizedon being produced by the survivor. The forensic examination report in respect of seized mobile phones was obtained from forensic experts at CFDEEL in Salt Lake. Several relevant documents were seized on being produced by the authority of Sunflower Security Services. Bank account statement and other documents were collected from different banks in respect of relevant bank accounts. Several relevant documents were seized on being produced by the vice-principal of the college,” said a source.On Tuesday, police received permission to carry out gait recognition analysis of the four main accused. The process was set in motion on Wednesday. This test primarily involves observing and analysing how the suspects walk. The results of this test will be compared with CCTV footage and video evidence from the day of the incident that will conclusively prove that the accused were present at the spot at the time of the crime.The questioning of around 60 witnesses, 20 of whom will be critical to developing the charge sheet, was also collected through an audio-visual medium. The main accused in this case are Monojit Mishra, along with law students Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee.“The charge sheet is to be filed at the earliest, and the state will go for custody trial,” public prosecutor Sourin Ghosal stated at an Alipore court on Tuesday.“The trio plotted for several days to carry out this torture on the survivor. We found that she was targeted by the prime accused from the very first day she got admission. We are gathering witnesses who will prove that. This will be part of our final charge sheet,” the police officer said.