A local court in West Bengal on Monday remanded two men in police custody for nine days in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district. Three other accused had been remanded to a 10-day police custody the previous day.
The sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) of Durgapur ordered the nine-day police custody for the two accused. All five accused are scheduled to be produced before the court on the next hearing date.
The prosecution lawyer, alleging the direct involvement of the two men along with the other three arrested earlier, requested police custody for further questioning and investigation.
The medical student, who hails from Odisha, was allegedly gangraped outside the campus of a private medical college in Durgapur on Friday night. The incident occurred when she went out for dinner with a friend.
Her parents subsequently lodged an FIR with the New Township police station.
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