Bhubaneswar: A medical student from Odisha was allegedly dragged and raped on the premises of a hospital in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district.

The incident reportedly occurred late Friday night outside the campus of a private medical college in Durgapur.

The survivor, who hails from Jaleswar in Odisha, is a second year MBBS student at the private medical college located near Shobhapur, around 170 km from the state capital Kolkata.

According to media reports, the student had stepped out with a friend for dinner around 8.30 p.m. when the assault took place. Several youths blocked the path of the student. After that, she was allegedly taken to a secluded place behind the hospital and allegedly gang-raped.

Her parents rushed to Durgapur after receiving a distressing call from her f

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