Mar 25, 2013, 05.48 AM IST
KOLKATA: A Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader allegedly molested a second-year student and her friend at SA Jaipuria College in north Kolkata on Saturday.
The accused, Sudip Saha, a third year BCom student of the college, was arrested after a complaint by the victim's father. But he was released on bail on Sunday afternoon, despite being booked under non-bailable sections.
While TMCP leaders of the college said the victim was trying to frame Saha, TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda said "the law will take its own course".
According to the complaint lodged by the victim's father, Saha, the cultural secretary of the Trinamool dominated students' union, had been disturbing his daughter for quite some time now. But the victim did not respond.
On Saturday evening, the victim was chatting with a friend inside the college premises when Saha allegedly passed lewd comments at the girl. When her friend protested, an altercation broke out between him and Saha following which the TMCP leader dragged the duo to the principal, the complaint stated.
Saha reportedly told the principal that the girl and her friend were seen in a compromising position after which the principal ordered them to call their parents.
The moment the duo left the principal's office, Saha and his associates, who were waiting outside, assaulted them and also molested the girl, said the victim's father in the complaint.
The girl's father rushed to the college on being informed of the assault and took his injured daughter to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for treatment. A complaint was later lodged at Shyampukur police station following which a case of assault and molestation under Section 354 D of the amended law was initiated. Saha was arrested late on Saturday and released on bail the next day.
The victim's father blamed police for not opposing the bail of the accused.
TMCP leaders, however, had a different story to tell. "We have conducted an internal probe. We found that the college principal had sent Sudip to call the girl since he had found her in a compromising position with a friend. The principal has also informed the same to police in writing. The girl is now cooking up a story against Saha to get rid of the punishment from the college authorities," said a TMCP leader of the college.
TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda steered clear of the controversy. "It's not a political matter. It's entirely an internal matter of a college. It's true that the name of our leader has been cropped up. Law will take its own course and we will not interfere," he said.
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The accused, Sudip Saha, a third year BCom student of the college, was arrested after a complaint by the victim's father. But he was released on bail on Sunday afternoon, despite being booked under non-bailable sections.
While TMCP leaders of the college said the victim was trying to frame Saha, TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda said "the law will take its own course".
According to the complaint lodged by the victim's father, Saha, the cultural secretary of the Trinamool dominated students' union, had been disturbing his daughter for quite some time now. But the victim did not respond.
On Saturday evening, the victim was chatting with a friend inside the college premises when Saha allegedly passed lewd comments at the girl. When her friend protested, an altercation broke out between him and Saha following which the TMCP leader dragged the duo to the principal, the complaint stated.
Saha reportedly told the principal that the girl and her friend were seen in a compromising position after which the principal ordered them to call their parents.
The moment the duo left the principal's office, Saha and his associates, who were waiting outside, assaulted them and also molested the girl, said the victim's father in the complaint.
The girl's father rushed to the college on being informed of the assault and took his injured daughter to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for treatment. A complaint was later lodged at Shyampukur police station following which a case of assault and molestation under Section 354 D of the amended law was initiated. Saha was arrested late on Saturday and released on bail the next day.
The victim's father blamed police for not opposing the bail of the accused.
TMCP leaders, however, had a different story to tell. "We have conducted an internal probe. We found that the college principal had sent Sudip to call the girl since he had found her in a compromising position with a friend. The principal has also informed the same to police in writing. The girl is now cooking up a story against Saha to get rid of the punishment from the college authorities," said a TMCP leader of the college.
TMCP state president Shankudeb Ponda steered clear of the controversy. "It's not a political matter. It's entirely an internal matter of a college. It's true that the name of our leader has been cropped up. Law will take its own course and we will not interfere," he said.
Link: Student 'molested' in Kolkata college
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