Odisha CM condemns West Bengal ‘gang-rape’ incident involving medical student from State, urges action

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) condemned the alleged gang-rape of an Odia aesculapian pupil successful West Bengal.

The second-year aesculapian student, from Jaleswar successful Odisha, was allegedly by unidentified men extracurricular the backstage aesculapian assemblage field successful Durgapur successful West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, constabulary said connected Saturday (October 11). She is presently undergoing attraction astatine a adjacent hospital.

In societal media ‘X’ post, Mr. Majhi said, “the unfortunate incidental of pack rape involving an Odia pupil successful Durgapur, West Bengal, is highly condemnable and painful. I americium profoundly shocked upon proceeding this news.” 

“In this delicate matter, I powerfully impulse the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to instrumentality exemplary enactment against the accused arsenic per the law,” helium said.

Odisha CM said, “I commune for the speedy betterment of the victim. I person besides instructed elder officials to interaction the West Bengal authorities and instrumentality indispensable steps. All imaginable assistance volition beryllium provided to the victim’s household connected behalf of the Odisha government.”

Speaking to an Odia quality channel, victim’s begetter regretted that nary assistance was forthcoming from West Bengal medication to springiness justness his daughter. “Had it been Odisha government, the swift enactment would person followed,” helium said.

Mr. Majhi’s remark came conscionable days after, Ms. Banerjee accused BJP of perpetrating communal unit successful Cuttack. She had said Bajrang Dal was trying to destruct communal harmony successful Cuttack.

West Bengal CM’s connection did not augur good with BJP authorities successful the State. Prithiviraj Harichandan, Odisha Law Minister, said Ms. Banerjee had the wont of defaming Odisha and its culture.