- By Shibra Arshad
- Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:13 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Durgapur Medical Student Assault Case: Police have arrested the friend of a 23-year-old medical student, marking the 6th arrest in the case. The victim’s friend was apprehended on Tuesday evening shortly after Asansol-Durgapur police commissioner Sunil Kumar Choudhary ruled out gang-rape and said he was not above suspicion.
A medical student, from Odisha, studying in a private medical college in West Bengal’s Durgapur, was allegedly Gang raped in a forest patch near the campus when she went out for dinner with her friend on Friday night. Here's what happened in the case so far-
-The survivor’s friend, who is a resident of Malda in West Bengal, had accompanied the victim when they went out for dinner.
-West Bengal police have arrested five people in the case, including a former security guard of the medical college, a hospital worker, a civic body employee, and two others.
Police Commissioner holding a press conference before the sixth arrest ruled out the allegation of gangrape and said only one person was involved.
-“Investigation and medical reports have so far indicated the involvement of only one person. The roles of the others are being reviewed. The friend of the victim is not above suspicion,” Choudhary said hours after the police reconstructed the crime scene at the forested area near campus.
-“The victim’s friend was taken to the place of occurrence along with the five others. The clothes he was wearing (during the incident) were seized and sent for forensic test along with the clothes of the other suspects,” Choudhary said. He further added that the victim’s statement was recorded before the magistrate.
-The police informed that the suspect will be produced before the Durgapur court on Wednesday. The victim’s father had also named her friend as a suspect in the complaint filed by the family.
-A 23-year-old medical student from Jaleshwar in Odisha, is studying is second year at a private medical institute, IQ City Medical College Hospital in West Bengal’s Durgapur.
-According to CCTV footage collected, she left for dinner at 7:54 with her male friend. Her friend returned to the campus at 8:42 and left again at 8:48 without saying anything to anyone. He later returned at 9:29 with the victim.
-The police commissioner said that the police were verbally informed about the incident around 1 am, but an official complaint was registered at 3:28 am.