Governor of West Bengal, C.V. Ananda Bose, with President Droupadi Murmu. | Photo Credit: ANI

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has submitted a report on the gang rape of a medical scholar in Durgapur to President Droupadi Murmu and the Union Home Ministry, a Raj Bhavan official stated on Wednesday (October 15, 2025).

In the report, Mr. Bose has given an in depth account of his findings within the case and in addition about his interactions with the survivor and her dad and mom who hail from Odisha, he stated.

“A report has been submitted to President Droupadi Murmu in connection with the governor’s findings in the Durgapur case. A copy of the report was sent to the Home Ministry as well,” the official instructed PTI.

The President additionally belongs to Odisha.

Talking to the media earlier within the day, the Governor stated that the emotions of the survivor’s dad and mom about taking their daughter again to Odisha must be revered.

“We have to understand their feelings. Whatever steps are required to help them in this hour of crisis and in future should be taken,” he stated.

Earlier on Wednesday, BJP MP from Odisha’s Balasore, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, met Mr. Bose on the Raj Bhavan right here and briefed him about his findings of the Durgapur incident.

Referring to his assembly with the MP, the Bengal Governor stated that he acquired some options from them.

“Today I had a representation from the MP of Balasore. They also gave some suggestions. I do not want to divulge them because they should be kept confidential,” Mr. Bose stated, including that he has additionally acquired a report from the National Women’s Commission.

Mr. Bose had gone to Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district and spoken to the sufferer and her dad and mom.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sarangi, after assembly the Bengal Governor, expressed doubts about whether or not these arrested by the police had been the precise culprits or “scapegoats”.

“The TI [Test identification] parade should be carried out to identify the real criminals. It is still not clear that those arrested in this case are the real culprits or they have been made to shield others,” Mr. Sarangi stated.

The second-year MBBS scholar was allegedly gang-raped when she had gone out of the non-public medical faculty campus with a male buddy to fetch meals on the night of October 10.

Police have to date arrested six folks, together with the buddy, for his or her alleged involvement within the crime, which has sparked an enormous political uproar within the state.

Published – October 16, 2025 06:37 am IST