Kolkata/IBNS, July 3 -- The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday removed 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gangrape of a law student at a Kolkata college, from its membership, media reports said.

On Tuesday, the law college, where Monojit was working as a temporary staff member, also expelled the accused.

Monojit along with two others- who are the current students of the law- were arrested by Kolkata Police in the alleged rape case which came to light last Friday.

The two other accused have been identified as 19-year-old Zaib Ahmed and 20-year-old Pramit Mukhopadhyay.

Monojit Mishra is a member of the TMC's student wing, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shared photographs of him with senior members of the...