A medical student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men in West Bengal's Pashchim Bardhaman district. The police said the crime occurred outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur on Friday night when the girl accompanied her male friend out for dinner.

The girl's family, from Jaleswar in Odisha, alleged that the incident occurred around 10 pm on Friday.

The police confirmed that the victim's friend abandoned her after the attackers accosted the couple, snatched the girl's phone and dragged her to the nearby woods where they committed the crime.

"She was threatened with dire consequences if she reported the crime," a police officer said, adding that the accused also took cash from the girl.

The victim is undergoing treatment and her statement has been recorde

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