India, July 3 -- The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday expelled Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape case, from its membership and struck off his name from its rolls, the council's chairman Ashok Deb said.

Mishra, an ex-student of the college who passed in 2022, was a practising criminal lawyer at the Alipore police and sessions court. He also worked as a temporary staff member of the college.

"We have struck off his name from the bar council," Deb told reporters.

Earlier on Tuesday the college's governing body had terminated his service after being instructed by the state education department.

Mishra, 31, who is also a Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing leader, along with his two aides ...