Overview
- West Bengal Police said two more arrests on Monday brought the total to five, after three suspects were taken into custody on Sunday.
- A subdivisional court remanded three of the accused to 10-day police custody as the investigation continues.
- Police say a call placed to the survivor’s number led to a breakthrough, with teams searching the wooded crime scene using drones due to the absence of CCTV.
- The survivor from Odisha remains hospitalised and has given a magistrate statement, and her family has requested she be moved to her home state.
- A chargesheet and the father’s complaint have cast suspicion on the classmate who accompanied her, while Mamata Banerjee’s comments about students going out at night—and her claim they were distorted—drew pushback from opposition leaders who also disputed her timeline.