The investigation is currently being carried out by the Detective Department of the Kolkata Police.According to information available in public domain, Mishra, the prime accused in the case, is a former TMCP leader of the college who was later appointed as a casual employee in the institution. He allegedly used the union room premises to extort, threaten and abuse vulnerable students in the past.Students’ body elections across educational institutions in Bengal have remained on hold for several years. At least two petitions seeking directions to the state education department for holding students’ elections are pending before the high court.The court on Thursday also directed the state government to file an affidavit on its plans to hold the pending elections. The matter would be heard next on July 17.Responding to the high court’s order, Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) state president Trinankur Bhattacharya told PTI: “We will go by the directives of the honourable high court and look forward to July 17 when the matter will be heard again.”He, however, asserted that union rooms don’t belong to any political party but to the general students.They use the union rooms for various administrative and academic procedures, said the leader of the ruling TMC’s student wing.”Once we go through the entire judgment, we can come up with a more detailed response on the issue,” Bhattacharya added.
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