Bhubaneswar, Oct. 14 -- In a major development on the alleged gang-rape of the second-year medical student from Odisha near a private medical college in Durgapurin Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, the victim's boyfriend has been arrested, the Police confirmed on Tuesday.

This is reportedly the sixth arrest in connection with the heinous crime. Earlier, the police had arrested as many as five persons in connection with the case, including a former college security guard, a hospital staffer, a civic worker, and an unemployed man.

Earlier, police had revealed that the victim's boyfriend, who was present at the scene apart from the five accused, was also under scrutiny.

Meanwhile, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar ...