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Safiq SK, the main accused in the gang rape outside a private medical college campus on Friday night, was arrested on Monday (October 13). It was Rozina SK, sister of the accused, who called her brother to meet him, allowing the police to nab him. Durgapur: Police officials arrested people allegedly involved in the gang rape of a second-year MBBS student from Odisha at a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal on Sunday, October 12, 2025. (PTI photo)

“If he is guilty, he should face the consequences. If he is not guilty, he will be released,” Rozina told The Times of India. “The family should not be embarrassed because of him.” Safiq, who works in a rolling mill in the city, has a wife and a minor child. Durgapur: All five accused in the gang rape of a 23-year-old MBBS student in Durgapur are now in police custody. According to local media reports, Safiq and Nasruddin, a casual employee of the city’s municipal corporation who were arrested on Monday, have not sought bail in the case. (PTI photo)

In her complaint, the victim’s mother has alleged that her daughter was “abandoned” by a friend on Friday night, following which some men dragged her into the forest and threatened to kill her if she “dared to scream”. Before fleeing the scene, unidentified people took his mobile phone and ₹5,000 in cash, Hindustan Times reported. Police officers investigate the site of the alleged gang rape of an MBBS student from Odisha in Durgapur, West Bengal, on Sunday, October 12, 2025. (PTI photo)

This horrific incident led to protests by students and opposition parties in the state demanding justice for the victim and safety of citizens. Kolkata: BJP supporters raise slogans while protesting against the alleged gang rape of a medical college student in Durgapur, in Kolkata on Monday, October 13, 2025. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

The investigators said they will appeal to the court for DNA profiling of the accused and samples collected from the survivor, who is a second-year MBBS student who hails from the neighboring state of Odisha. Paschim Bardhaman: BJP leader Locket Chatterjee during his visit after the alleged ‘gang rape’ of a private medical college student at Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal on Sunday, October 12, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI10_12_2025_000333B)

The National Commission for Women (NCW) met the victim in the hospital on Saturday and requested a detailed action taken report (ATR) from the West Bengal authorities within five days. In the photo, National Commission for Women member Archana Majumdar visits a hospital to meet a medical college student from Odisha who was raped by unidentified people outside the college campus in Durgapur, West Bengal on Saturday, October 11, 2025. (PTI photo)