A second-year medical student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped near a private medical college in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal on Friday night. Sources reported that the student, hailing from Jaleswar in Balasore district, is currently undergoing treatment, and her condition is said to be critical.

According to preliminary police reports, the survivor, a second-year MBBS student at a private medical college near Shobhapur in Durgapur, stepped out of the campus with a male friend.

The two were reportedly heading to eat street food when a group of four to five men intercepted them near the college gate. The men allegedly dragged the student to a secluded spot behind the hospital building and committed the assault.

The survivor’s male friend reportedly informed

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