'He Tried To Force Himself': Classmate Of Durgapur Gang-Rape Survivor Held In Sixth Arrest

Last Updated:October 14, 2025, 20:26 IST

The police arrested a classmate of the victim in the Durgapur medical student gang-rape case, raising the total arrests to six.

Police officers survey the area of the crime where the girl was allegedly gangraped. (IMAGE: SOURCED)

The West Bengal Police arrested a classmate of the second-year medical student who had accompanied her for dinner on the night she was gang-raped outside her private college campus in Durgapur, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.

Sources told CNN-News18 that the victim stated in her deposition before a magistrate that the classmate had also “tried to force himself on her."

This statement, according to police sources, formed one of the grounds for his arrest.

The survivor, a 23-year-old medical student from Jaleswar in Odisha, was allegedly gang-raped near her college after she went out for dinner with a friend.

‘They Dragged Me Into The Forest’: Survivor’s Account

In her statement to the doctor, the survivor described in disturbing detail how the attack unfolded. She said she and her friend were returning from dinner when a group of men began following them.

“We noticed that they were leaving their vehicle and coming towards us. We started running towards the forest. Then those three people came running after us, caught me, and dragged me into the forest," she said in her statement.

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She added that the men took her phone and forced her to call her friend.

“When he didn’t come, they forced me to lie down. When I screamed, they said if I make noise, they will call more men and they would do it too," she told the doctor.

Crime Scene Recreated In Presence Of Accused

As part of the ongoing investigation, the West Bengal Police brought the five previously arrested accused, along with the survivor’s friend, to a jungle near the Paranaganj Kali Bari cremation ground to recreate the crime scene.

“The accused and the survivor’s friend, who accompanied her on Friday night, have been brought to the spot for the reconstruction of the crime. The entire reconstruction will be videographed and then tallied with their statements. We will also verify this with the statement of the victim," a police officer involved in the investigation told PTI.

Police said they are verifying the backgrounds of all accused for any prior criminal history. Their mobile phones have been sent for forensic examination and some of the survivor’s classmates are also being questioned.

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Among the five accused, one is a former security guard at the medical college, another works at a hospital, one is employed with the local civic body and another is unemployed.

All are expected to undergo medical examination.

Kamalika Sengupta

Kamalika Sengupta is the Editor (East) at CNN-News18 / News18.com, focusing on politics, defence, and women’s issues. She is a seasoned multimedia journalist with over 20 years of experience reporting from East...Read More

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