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Kolkata: People stage a protest over the alleged rape of a medical student in Durgapur of West Bengal, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Durgapur: The Durgapur gang rape survivor identified five accused in the case, who allegedly violated and extorted her, at Durgapur Correctional Home on Friday in the presence of a magistrate. The sixth…
DURGAPUR/KOLKATA: Two accused in the Durgapur gang-rape case, Sk Riyazuddin and Sk Safiq, moved a plea before a local court on Sunday for permission to confess their role in the Oct 10 incident.Police officers involved in the probe said if the court accepts the plea, the two may be treated as approvers during the trial….
NEW DELHI: Days after criticising chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on women’s safety, the father of the Durgapur gang rape victim on Wednesday described her as a “mother-like figure” and sought forgiveness, urging her to help secure justice for his daughter.“Mamata Banerjee is like a mother-like figure to me. If I have said…
NEW DELHI: Police in West Bengal have ruled out gang-rape in the Durgapur medical student assault case, saying that one of the five arrested accused committed sexual assault, while the involvement of others is still being investigated.According to ANI, Kolkata police said, “We have found that physical sexual assault has been committed by one of…
A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur, bringing the total arrests to five DURGAPUR: The elder sister of the main accused in the gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur on Friday helped police track down her absconding brother and arrest him early on…
DURGAPURA: The elder sister of the main accused in the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Bengal’s Durgapur on October 10 helped police track down her absconding brother and arrest him early Monday.Rozina Sk, who said she wanted Safiq Sk to face the law, accompanied a police team to a spot below a…
Mamata Banerjee’s ‘stay indoors’ stance on the Durgapur gang rape case underlines policy failure West Bengal has long projected itself as one of India’s safest regions for women. Kolkata, often described as a city of intellect and culture, routinely ranks high in safety perception surveys. According to the 2023 NCRB report, Kolkata has been ranked…
The survivor, who has recorded her statement, is on bedrest and her father has requested to move her to Odisha for safety NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a medical student in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The survivor, currently under treatment…
Med student gang-raped outside Durgapur campus DURGAPUR: A second-year medical student was allegedly gang-raped by four-five unknown men outside the institute campus in Durgapur on Friday evening shortly after she went out for dinner with a male classmate. Cops have detained the classmate after the girl’s parents, who hail from Balasore in Odisha, alleged he…
