India, Oct. 11 -- A second-year medical student from Odisha was allegedly dragged and raped inside the premises of a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, more than a year after the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case shocked the state, media reports said on Saturday.

Sources told India Today the student stepped out of the campus on Friday at 8.30 pm with a male friend. Near the campus gate, a man allegedly dragged her to a secluded area behind the hospital and raped her.

The survivor was later admitted to a hospital for treatment, and police have launched an investigation into the incident.

He further alleged that his daughter had gone outside the campus to eat phuchka (golgappas) after being called there by her fr...