Asansol police have arrested two more persons in connection with the gangrape of a medical student of a private medical college in Paschim Bardhaman, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.

A court later remanded Safiq, 27, and Sheikh Nasiruddin, 24 to police custody for nine days.

The three arrested on Sunday – Apu Bauri, 21, Firdous Shiekh, 23, and Shiekh Riazuddin, 32 – are currently in 10-day police custody.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate) Abhishek Gupta, “All the five persons who were at the spot on the day of the crime have been arrested. Three were arrested yesterday (Sunday). Today, two more have been arrested.”

Gupta said another man, who has been named in the complaint filed by the MBBS student’s father, has not been

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