Durgapur Gang-Rape Case: Arrested Classmate Remanded in Police Custody for 7 Days

The arrested classmate of the MBBS student who was gang-raped near her private medical college in Durgapur was remanded in seven days' police custody on Wednesday, as the investigation into the case unfolds. The classmate, Wasef Ali, was produced before the additional chief judicial magistrate's court in Durgapur, where the police sought a 10-day remand to investigate his involvement in the incident.

Key Takeaways:

• Wasef Ali, a resident of Malda, was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the gang-rape of the MBBS student, and has been remanded in police custody for 7 days.
• The police are investigating discrepancies between Ali's statements and those of the five others arrested on the charge of gang-raping the student from Odisha.
• The police found several contradictions in Ali's statements, including his failure to name the place where he took the victim for dinner, and his claim that he fled in panic after the girl was abducted.
• The victim's father has iterated that he wants to take his daughter back to Odisha, citing a lack of faith in the Bengal police and Justice System.

Statistics:

• 7 days: The length of Wasef Ali's police custody.
• 6: The number of people arrested on the charge of gang-raping the MBBS student, including Ali.
• 1: The person named in the FIR filed by the gang-rape survivor's father, who is Wasef Ali.
• 10: The number of days the police originally sought a remand for Wasef Ali.
• 1: The number of times the victim's father has apologized for saying anything wrong about the Chief Minister.
• 1: The number of times the victim's father has demanded a CBI probe into the case.

Sources:

• ABP Private Limited, "Durgapur Gang-Rape Case: Arrested Classmate Remanded in Police Custody for 7 Days", distributed by Contify.com.