India, Oct. 16 -- The West Bengal government has engaged special public prosecutor Bibhas Chatterjee to lead the prosecution of the accused for the gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a forested area near her college in West Bengal's Durgapur on October 10.

Chatterjee met with police officers from the Asansol-Durgapur police commissionerate for more than three hours on Thursday to discuss the case.

"How fast the prosecution can file the chargesheet depends on the investigators. I will help them with all my resources," Chatterjee, who is known for using scientific evidence to ensure the conviction of the accused in multiple rape and murder cases in recent years, told HT.

Six people, including the rape survivor's classmate, hav...