New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Amid an outrage over the alleged gang-rape of a medical college student in Durgapur district of West Bengal, the state police on Saturday urged people not to spread rumors and said the culprits will "not go unpunished."

In a social media post on X, West Bengal Police said: "We are deeply saddened by the late night sexual assault yesterday on a private medical college student , outside the college campus in Durgapur, and wish to assure all that the culprits shall not go unpunished."

"The pain of the victim is as much ours as it is Odisha's, and we shall leave no stones unturned to bring the perpetrators to justice," the police said.

"The victim is recovering well and all kinds of assistance are being provided to th...