Three arrested in reference to gang rape of medical faculty scholar in Bengal

Three individuals have been arrested on Sunday (October 12, 2025) for his or her alleged involvement within the gang rape of scholar of a non-public medical faculty in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police mentioned.

The identities of the three arrested accused have been but to be disclosed by the police.

“We have arrested three persons in connection with the case. They are being questioned. This is a very sensitive case and we will give out further details later,” the police officer instructed PTI.

A medical faculty scholar hailing from Odisha was allegedly raped by some males in Durgapur, police mentioned on Saturday (October 11).

The incident befell outdoors the campus of the personal medical faculty in Durgapur on Friday (October 10) evening when the second-year scholar went out with one in every of her mates for dinner.

The scholar is present process therapy on the hospital itself and has given her assertion to the police.

The incident has triggered political mudslinging between the ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition events.

It prompted Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to precise concern and urge his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, to take swift motion towards the perpetrators.