West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has come under fire for her comments regarding the Durgapur medical college gang rape case. Addressing the media on Sunday, Banerjee asked private medical colleges to restrict students, particularly women, from stepping out late at night. She questioned how the survivor, a second-year medical student, was outside the private college campus at around 12:30 am—the time reports say the assault took place. According to the victim’s parents, however, they were informed of the incident around 9:30 pm on Friday, suggesting it happened much earlier. The parents, who travelled from Odisha’s Jaleswar, said their daughter was taken to a nearby forest area and attacked after being followed by a group of men. They alleged that her friend, who had accompanied

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