Amid the growing anger over the Durgapur gang rape case in West Bengal, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Sunday held protests in various places across the state, news agency PTI reported. The opposition parties have demanded exemplary punishment for those accused of raping a medical student in Durgapur.

Another opposition party, the BJP and the CPI(M) questioned the law-and-order situation in West Bengal after the alleged incident came to light and claimed that the state is not safe for women.