Three arrested in West Bengal over gang rape of medical college student

Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a student of a private medical college in West Bengals Paschim Bardhaman district police said reported news agency PTIThe identities of the three arrested accused were yet to be disclosed by the policeWe have arrested three persons in connection with the case They are being questioned This is a very sensitive case and we will give out further details later a police officer told PTISources in the police said that the mobile phones of the three accused were also seized reported PTIThe medical college student hailing from Odishas Jaleswar was allegedly raped by some men in Durgapur police said on SaturdayThe incident took place outside the campus of the private medical college in Durgapur on Friday night when the secondyear student went out with one of her friends for dinnerThe girls parents who rushed to Durgapur from Odisha lodged an FIR with the New Township police stationThe health condition of the survivor was stated to be improving as she is undergoing treatment at the private college and hospital where she was studying the officer said adding she has given her statement to the law enforcersThe three accused were traced through mobile phone tower dumping method More people could be involved in the crime and searches are underway We are also trying to find out whether these people were known to the survivor or her friend with whom she had gone outside the college Her friends role is also under scrutiny a police source told PTIThe accused persons had used the survivors mobile phone to call another accused to the crime spot he said adding that it helped them identify the mobile phone numbers of all the accused he saidMultiple raids were conducted on Saturday in the areas adjoining the private college to nab the accusedForensic experts also collected evidence from the jungle where the incident took place he saidIt was learnt that representatives of the West Bengal Commission of Women were likely to visit the college during the day and speak to the survivor and her parentsRepresentatives of the West Bengal Doctors Forum WBDF and Abhaya Manch would be visiting the college later on Sunday They condemned the gang rape of the MBBS student WBDF president Dr Kaushik Chaki saidThe incident has triggered political mudslinging between the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition partiesIt prompted Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to express concern and urge his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to take swift action against the perpetratorsWith inputs from PTI