Overview
- The court read out and made public the TI parade report, which records the survivor identifying Sheikh Firdous as the assailant.
- Bail pleas for five of the six accused were rejected, and all were produced virtually from the correctional home with no defense lawyers appearing.
- The TI parade, supervised by the ACJM at the Durgapur Sub-Correctional Home, covered five arrested youths; the survivor’s classmate Wasif Ali was not paraded as he was already known to her.
- Magistrate Shubhrakanti Dhar pressed for swift filing of the charge sheet to enable quick framing of charges and commencement of trial, with the next hearing set for October 31.
- Police earlier cited medico-legal findings pointing to a single physical assailant, while the survivor’s counsel alleges broader involvement and describes her classmate as the ‘main conspirator’; five local youths from Bijra village were initially arrested.