Overview

• A Supreme Court lawyer has urged the Chief Justice to take suo motu cognizance and transfer the investigation to the CBI under court monitoring.
• Kolkata Police have increased the SIT probing the June 25 gang-rape to nine officers and are analyzing forensic samples from three campus locations.
• Four suspects, including Trinamool Congress student leader Monojit Mishra and two students, remain in custody as DNA and other forensic tests continue.
• Trinamool Congress issued show-cause notices to MLA Madan Mitra and MP Kalyan Banerjee over victim-blaming comments while MP Mahua Moitra condemned the remarks.
• The case has reignited concerns over campus safety and institutional oversight less than a year after the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder.