Reacting to the alleged gang rape of an MBBS student in West Bengal’s Durgapur, leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikai on October 12 claimed on X that four persons — Sheikh Nasim Uddin, Sheikh Riyaz Uddin, Sheikh Ferdaus and Sheikh Safikul — had been named as accused in the case.

A 23-year-old student of a private medical college was allegedly gang-raped on Friday, October 10, evening in Durgapur, about 170 km from Kolkata. According to a statement released by the institute , the survivor, a second-year student, left the campus for dinner with another student around 7:58 pm. Following this, “One of them returned at 8:42 pm, but after loitering around the main exit area for around 5-6 minutes, he stepped out again at about 8:48 pm. The two then returned together at 9:29 p.m.

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