Saturday, 21 September 2024
Saturday, 21 September 2024
Protests continued across Bengal on Friday amid nationwide outrage over rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital drawing in various social groups, student bodies, and healthcare professionals from across the state and beyond. The streets of Calcutta and Bengal's districts are echoing with cries for justice as the case has become a flashpoint of anger and grief.
Members of the Blind Persons’ Association join the chorus for justice, holding posters condemning the heinous crime. Their participation highlights the widespread anger across Bengal over the alleged rape and murder of the young trainee doctor.
Tribal organisations have also joined the protests, with members marching in Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, expressing their solidarity with the victim. The anger and grief have transcended Calcutta, with protests emerging in various parts of Bengal.
A doctor holds up a portrait of Radha Gobinda Kar, founder of the RG Kar Medical College, as a symbolic protest on his birth anniversary. The juxtaposition of the founder’s image with the ongoing protests underscores the deep-rooted impact the tragic incident has had on the medical community.
Amid wave of demonstrations at educational institutions, students at Presidency College stage a protest, demanding justice for the trainee doctor with students standing in solidarity and raising their voices against the alleged crime.
Social activists from neighbouring Jharkhand travel to Calcutta to protest at the RG Kar Medical College. Their presence highlights the cross-state solidarity and the national outcry over the alleged rape and murder, as calls for justice reverberate far beyond Bengal.Scrr
BJP activists on Friday stormed Nandigram police station in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district during a gherao programme organised in protest against the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Calcutta.
