India, Oct. 11 -- A medical student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police reported on Saturday. The incident occurred outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur on Friday night, when the second-year student had gone out for dinner with a friend, according to her family.

She is currently receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.

This led to a political slugfest between the ruling TMC and the BJP on social media.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi of the BJP expressed deep concern over the incident and reached out to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

Majhi posted on X: "The unfortunate incident of gang rape involving an Odia student in Durgapur, West Bengal,...