Overview

• Police identified the three suspects as Apu Bauri, Sheikh Firdous and Sheikh Riyazuddin, and a Durgapur court sent them to 10-day police custody.
• Investigators are searching for additional accused, reviewing CCTV and forensic evidence, and questioning the male companion who left the student during the attack.
• The survivor, a second-year MBBS student from Odisha, is receiving medical treatment and counselling, and her statement has been recorded.
• A National Commission for Women team met the student and sought an action taken report within five days, while the state health department asked the college for a report.
• Students staged campus protests alleging administrative inaction as political leaders traded blame and criticized the chief minister’s comments; the college said it cannot restrict adult students’ movement.