DURGAPUR: Three suspects were arrested early Sunday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old MBBS student of a private medical college in Bengal 's Durgapur, police said.
The accused - Sheikh Riyazuddin, Apu Barui, and Firdaus Sheikh - were picked up from their homes at Birja village, less than a km from the college and about 3km from the forested stretch where the student from Odisha was allegedly assaulted Friday night. Firdaus worked as a Group D employee at a private hospital in Durgapur .
The three arrested men were produced before a Durgapur court on Sunday. No lawyer appeared for them.
A classmate of the survivor and another man have been detained for quizzing. Police identified the latter as Sheikh Nasiruddin, 24, whose motorcycle was allegedly used by the accused to flee. The two-wheeler has been seized.
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