Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Saturday detained a friend of a second-year medical student from Odisha, who was allegedly gang-raped outside a private medical college and hospital in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, officials said.

The state health department, meanwhile, has sought a report from the private medical college authorities.

Principal Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam said the report is expected by Sunday morning, and further action will be taken based on its findings.

According to police, the student had stepped out of the campus with a male friend for an evening snack around 8.30 p.m. on Friday night when a group of young men on motorcycles began stalking them and making lewd comments.

The men allegedly chased away the friend, dragged the student to a forested area behind

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