West Bengal Police have arrested a fourth individual in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a law student at a Kolkata college. The survivor, from South 24 Parganas, reported being sexually assaulted in the college's security guards' room after being offered a student union post. Manojit Mishra, a former student, along with Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, were previously arrested.
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