India, Oct. 14 -- A 23-year old classmate of the medical student, who alleged gangrape in the forested area near her college campus in West Bengal's Durgapur on October 10, was arrested on Tuesday evening shortly after Asansol-Durgapur police commissioner Sunil Kumar Choudhary ruled out gang-rape and said he was not above suspicion.

The 23-year-old survivor's classmate, a resident of Bengal's Malda district, was detained on October 11 as he had taken her out for dinner when the incident happened. Five local villagers were arrested earlier but Choudhary, who held his first press conference on the crime an hour before the sixth arrest, said only one person was involved.

"Investigation and medical reports have so far indicated the involvem...