According to sources, the police have retrieved 7.5 hours of CCTV footage as part of their investigation—from 3:30 p.m. to 10:50 p.m. on the day of the incident. Investigators are now cross-referencing the footage with the victim’s statement.Sources said that the footage will play a key role in the probe. It is being used to determine who was inside the union room before, during, and after the incident, who was outside, and what role the security guard played during that time.Additionally, a forensic team visited the college premises on Saturday morning, following an earlier visit on Friday, and collected samples from the scene.Following the incident, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu sought a report from the college authorities. In a statement, he said, “I am shocked. This incident is not desirable in the college.”Raising concerns over campus safety, the West Bengal Education Department has asked the college to convene a meeting of its governing body on Monday. The college authorities have also been directed to evaluate whether additional security personnel are required.Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the incident. The panel includes former Union Minister and police officer Satpal Singh, former Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi, Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, and Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra. The committee will soon visit the site and submit its findings to BJP National President J.P. Nadda.Meanwhile on Saturday, Kolkata police formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case.The five-member SIT would be led by an assistant commissioner rank officer.
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