Several women on Sunday held a protest at Kolkata's Raja Bazar area over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case and demanded justice for the victim.
As the RG Kar rape-murder case, which shook the whole nation, nears a moth, protests were held across various parts of West Bengal, criticising the Mamata Banerjee-led state government and demanding justice for the victim.
Artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry on Sunday held a protest march against the Kolkata rape and murder incident and demanded justice for the victim.
People from the medical fraternity, activists and local citizens on Sunday formed a human chain in Siliguri to protest against the RG Kar rape and murder case and demanded justice for the victim.
Earlier, BJP national spokesperson Amit Malviya cited a letter dated August 10 allegedly signed by former principal of RG Kar Hospital, Sandip Ghosh ordering renovation of the incident site a day after the trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
His remarks come following Banerjee's demand on Tuesday for the resignations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the chief ministers of all states where incidents of rape and sexual abuse were recently reported.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Monday clashed with police as they 'gheraoed' District Magistrate's (DMs) office in Cooch Behar over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder.
BJP workers staged protests outside the SDO Office in Siliguri on Monday, demanding justice for the victim of a rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and calling for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Chandrima Bhattacharya further said that the West Bengal government has called a special session of the Assembly on September 2 and 3 to table a bill for capital punishment for perpetrators.
He also claimed that Mamata Banerjee wants to "escape her responsibility" by targeting CBI, adding that it is also the responsibility of the West Bengal government and police to cooperate with the agency.