Overview

• Police said all five men named in the FIR are in custody, with two more arrests on Monday after three were picked up a day earlier.
• The main accused, identified as Safiq/Safikul, was detained after his sister helped arrange a meeting with officers; two suspects were remanded to nine days’ custody and three to ten.
• Forensic teams collected samples at the scene and investigators said they will seek DNA profiling, with the survivor’s friend under questioning and her phone reported recovered.
• The National Commission for Women and the Odisha State Commission for Women met the student and her family, with NCW issuing recommendations and seeking an action‑taken report.
• Governor C. V. Ananda Bose visited the hospital and said he cannot say Bengal is safe, as police deployed a round‑the‑clock guard at the survivor’s residence and security around the college was tightened.