The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum held a protest rally in Kolkata on Wednesday demanding justice for a fellow doctor who was tragically raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on 9 August.
In West Bengal, BJP called for a '12-hour Bengal Bandh' after Kolkata police resorted to lathi-charge, the use of water cannons and tear gas against the protestors in the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally.
On August 27, chaos broke out in the streets of Kolkata. Security personnel lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna, amidst the growing protests over the
Congress MP Manickam Tagore hit out at the BJP and alleged that it was politicising the rape and murder case of the trainee female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for political gains stating that this would not help anyone.
Union Minister Lalan Singh held West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for police action on the protesters that took place on August 27, over the murder-rape case at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata.
After two teenage girls were found hanging on a tree at Bhagautipur village of Kaimganj, Chief Medical Officer Farrukhabad Avanindra Kumar said that the postmortem of both the girls has been conducted and there is no evidence of sexual or physical assault.
Authorities have tightened security in Kolkata in the wake of the 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh' call by the BJP in protest against the alleged police crackdown during the 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest rally in the state capital on Tuesday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a '12-hour Bengal Bandh' on Wednesday, August 28 in protest against police crackdown on peaceful protest during 'Nabanna Abhijan' - march to state secretariat on Tuesday.
Regarding the bike used by Sanjay Roy, the main accused of the rape and murder case at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, registered under the name of the Kolkata Commissioner of Police, the Kolkata Police shared a clarification on Tuesday, stating that "all government vehicles b