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Durgapur Medical Student Rape Probe Widens as Police Expand Scene, Seize New Evidence

Forensic teams revisited the forest site following the arrest of the victim’s friend over inconsistent statements, with testing of collected samples pending.

Overview

  • Investigators added 50 metres to the cordoned area outside the Durgapur medical college during Thursday’s site revisit.
  • Police sources said a condom was recovered at the scene, and at least 11 condoms were found in the hostel room of the arrested friend, Wasif Ali.
  • A forensic unit collected materials for analysis after the expanded search of the forested tract.
  • All five men named in the complaint and the friend remain in custody as officers compare their statements.
  • The survivor’s father called for a CBI investigation, and Bengal’s governor has sent a report on the case to the President and the Union Home Ministry.