Kolkata gang rape case: WB Bar Council expels prime accused Monojit Mishra

Jul 03, 2025 10:16 AM IST

The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday expelled Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape case, from its membership and struck off his name from its rolls, the council’s chairman Ashok Deb said.

Mishra, an ex-student of the college who passed in 2022, was a practising criminal lawyer at the Alipore police and sessions court. He also worked as a temporary staff member of the college.

“We have struck off his name from the bar council,” Deb told reporters.

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Earlier on Tuesday the college’s governing body had terminated his service after being instructed by the state education department.

Mishra, 31, who is also a Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing leader, along with his two aides Promit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, both existing students at the college, had allegedly gang raped a first- year student in the college campus on June 25.

All three were arrested last week on the basis of a complaint lodged by the survivor. A security guard was also arrested in the case. A Kolkata court had sent the trio to police custody till July 8. The security guard was sent to police custody until July 4.