Quick Insights
- Another campus assault exposes Bengal’s unkept promises of women’s safety.
- Security systems exist only on paper — vigilance collapses when needed most.
- Reforms after past crimes proved hollow, repeating the same nightmare.
- Public outrage grows, demanding real action — not political silence.
West Bengal is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. On October 10, 2025, a 23-year-old MBBS student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped near the IQ City Medical College campus in Durgapur. The incident has reignited public outrage over Bengal’s repeated failure to protect women, even in institutions meant to foster learning and care. Just a year ago, the R.G. Kar Medical College case in Kolkata shocked the nation — and now history seems to be repeating itself.
Who Is She? A Survivor, not a statistic
A bright medical student chasing her dreams, now forced to endure trauma that no daughter should face. Her courage to speak out exposes the systemic failures in Bengal — failures that continue to put women in harm’s way.
What really happened? A Campus horror
The survivor was allegedly gang-raped by multiple men near the college campus. Her mobile phone was stolen, and Rs 5,000 was taken.The accused — Apu Bauri (21), Firdos Sekh (23), Sekh Reajuddin (31), and Sheikh Sofiqul — are in police custody, but the real question remains: how could such a crime occur on a “secure” campus without anyone noticing? Students protested immediately, but will justice arrive before outrage fades?
When did Bengal’s nightmare strike again?
The attack occurred late on October 10, 2025, just months after the R.G. Kar Medical College rape and murder in August 2024. Bengal promised reform back then — yet here we are, repeating the same horror. Is the government capable of protecting women, or is it failing them again?
Where did safety fail? On the Sacred Campus
The assault happened inside a medical college campus, a place meant for learning, healing, and professional ethics. Yet security failed completely.Even Kolkata, once hailed by the NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) as one of India’s safest cities for women, sees assaults inside hospitals and colleges. If sacred institutions cannot protect women, what hope do daughters have anywhere in Bengal?
How could this happen?When campuses betray their daughters
How does a medical college — a place of learning and care — become a hunting ground for predators? Systemic negligence, weak law enforcement, and political apathy have created an environment where crimes can occur freely. Security cameras and guards exist only on paper, and authorities act only after outrage explodes online.
Are campuses meant to educate or to endanger? Bengal’s failure is institutionalized, normalized, and ignored, leaving women to pay the highest price.
A Sacred Land Defiled: Who will protect Bengal’s daughters?
Durgapur — named after Goddess Durga, a symbol of strength and protection — now witnesses assaults on its sacred soil. How is it possible that young women are violated while authorities look the other way?Is the government too busy with politics to enforce basic safety measures, or have institutions given up on protecting women? And what about us, the citizens — how long will we stay silent while daughters are left vulnerable on the very land meant to symbolize their protection?
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