Overview

• Police identified the arrested suspects as Apu Bauri, Sheikh Firdous and Sheikh Riyazuddin; a local court remanded them to police custody while a search continues for two others.
• Officers are scanning CCTV footage, conducting forensic checks in the forested area behind the hospital, and detaining the male classmate named by the family for questioning.
• The second-year student from Jaleswar, Odisha, remains under medical care and counselling after reporting that her phone and cash were taken and that she was threatened with harm.
• A National Commission for Women team met the survivor and sought an action-taken report within five days, as the state health department requested a report from the college and students protested over safety.
• Chief minister Mamata Banerjee called the case shocking, vowed that no one will be spared, and questioned the student’s night-time exit from campus, drawing criticism from opposition leaders.