Overview

• Total arrests rose to six after the 23-year-old student’s classmate from Malda was taken into custody for inconsistencies in his statements.
• Investigators conducted a videographed crime‑scene reconstruction with all suspects and the classmate, and seized their clothing for tests.
• CCTV from the college shows the pair leaving at 7:54 pm, the friend returning alone at 8:42 pm and later re‑entering with the survivor at 9:29 pm, a timeline that prompted scrutiny.
• The survivor’s phone was recovered from a suspect and police added a snatching charge, while medico‑legal, DNA and other forensic analyses remain pending.
• The Calcutta High Court restricted outsider access to the hospital treating the survivor and directed police to permit a BJP demonstration at an approved site, as NCW, the Governor and Odisha officials engaged with the case.