Junior Dr Aloke Verma, currently on a hunger strike at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, on Friday accused the local police of pressuring his patients and calling him to withdraw from the movement.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday raised serious concerns and slammed the Kolkata Police over an alleged incident at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, where a group reportedly threatened to vandalise the idol of Maa Durga if the rituals were not stopped.
In a letter addressed to him, the Officer-in-Charge of Hare Street Police Station said, "It is to mention that you are on hunger strike at Dorina crossing since last Saturday and afterwards on a forcefully erected stage without permission from competent authority."
Roopa Ganguly was arrested during her protest demanding justice for a schoolboy who died after being hit by an excavator. Ganguly claims that the operators involved are close aides of a TMC counsellor.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Roopa Ganguly was arrested and taken to court for obstructing the functioning of the Police Station.
Junior doctors who have been on protest against the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have said they haven't seen any action on the directives given by the Chief Secretary as per their demands.
Earlier this week, both Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College, and the arrested Officer-in-Charge, Abhijit Mondal, were transferred from Sealdah Court to Presidency Jail.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after meeting with the protesting junior doctors announced that she has agreed to most of doctors' demands -- the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and removal of health department officials. "Given the demand of juni
"Since the very day of the incident, we, the protesting junior doctors of West Bengal have witnessed an extreme administrative failure on part of the hospital authorities and the Kolkata police at large. The greater shame lay in the fact that an active process was initiated from the very beg
Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari accused the involvement of Kolkata police in 'tampering evidence' after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the officer-in-charge of Tala police station, Abhijit Mondal.