New Delhi, June 30 -- Prime accused in the Kolkata law college gangrape case, Monojit Mishra, an alumnus of the same law college, reportedly wielded huge influence on the campus even after he graduated.

According to a PTI report, Monojit led the college unit of the Trinamool College Chhatra Parishad, student wing of the ruling TMC in West Bengal, since 2017. The TMC, however, has distanced itself from Monojit, saying that he has no links with the party, and calling for strictest punishment for him in the gangrape case.

According to an NDTV report, Monojit, also called "Mango" by students in the law college, wielded massive clout on campus, to the extent that even teachers and office staff feared him.

Monojit joined the Kolkata law coll...