Overview

• Kolkata Police detained Chandan Malik at Burdwan railway station after a confidential tip, saying he intended to flee by train.
• The 20-year-old reported that two acquaintances took her to a flat on the pretext of a birthday celebration, confined her, and raped her, and she escaped the next morning.
• An FIR under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including rape, kidnapping, stalking, voluntarily causing hurt, grievous hurt, and wrongful confinement, has been registered.
• The second accused, identified as Debangsu/Debangshu Biswas alias Deep, remains untraced as police continue an active search.
• Police said Malik will be produced in Alipore Court as they probe the men’s purported links to a Durga Puja committee.