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Kolkata High Court Demands Case Diary as Forensic Mapping of Campus Gang Rape Continues; Delhi Murder Probe Exposes Hiring Lapses

The court has set a July 10 deadline for filing the case diary as investigators carry out forensic reconstructions at South Calcutta Law College

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The Pune police hadformed 10 teams, including five from the crime branch, to search for the suspect in the techie rape case.
Police officials were seen outside the house in F Block, Lajpat Nagar I, where the bodies of a mother and her son were found on Wednesday night in New Delhi, on Thursday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

Overview

  • A division bench led by Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De ordered the West Bengal government to submit a detailed progress report and the complete case diary by July 10.
  • Kolkata Police’s Detective Department conducted early-morning reconstructions and 3D laser mapping of the union and guard’s rooms to corroborate survivor and accused statements.
  • The probe, shifted from local police to an ACP-led SIT and now to the Detective Department, is examining mobile phone location data and call-detail records.
  • In Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar case, the 24-year-old domestic help remains in UP Railway Police custody after his arrest at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.
  • Delhi Police confirmed that none of the shop’s four employees underwent police verification, prompting a review of staff vetting procedures.