A collective of city cartoonists has started a Facebook page called #tulikalitepratibad (brush-and-ink protest) to vent their emotions over the rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Cartoonists, in the city and elsewhere, have been posting their creations on social networking sites to express their concerns about the RG Kar horror and extend their support to the protests raging across the state.

Cartoonists, many of whom are logo designers or illustrators by profession, have posted their art to reflect their anger over the alleged delay in the probe into the rape and murder of the junior doctor.

Jaydeep Neogi, who is the vice-president of Cartoon Dal (group), has been sharing his cartoons on the page #tulikalitepratibad.

One of his creations shows a judge’s hammer that has a sand timer, denoting that time is running out but the victim is yet to get justice.

“A month has passed (the young doctor’s body was found on August 9) but we are yet to know how a fellow citizen had been raped and murdered. The investigation has been progressing very tardily. Since cartoon is a powerful tool of protest, we have taken up the brush and paint to register our voice,” said Neogi.

Raktim Pal has drawn a cartoon on singer Arijit Singh, who recently released a Bengali song demanding justice for the RG Kar victim. The song titled “Aar Kobe (When)” has featured in several street protests.

Trinamool has not taken it too well, its spokesperson blaming Singh for selective outrage as he did not pen a song over atrocities on women in Manipur and Maharashtra.

“All of us want to know when justice will be delivered in the horrifying RG Kar incident. There have been efforts to politicise the issue. But justice seems to be a far cry. How long will the women be subjected to such a tormenting experience?” said Pal.

Some cartoonists have posted their creations on their pages.

Subham Bhattacharya has posted on his Facebook account “Bhottobabur page” a cartoon that depicts a calendar with two months — August and September — written on it and a woman dressed in a doctor’s white coat holding a stethoscope carrying aloft a poster that says “JUSTICE?”

The dates in the calendar start from August 9, the day when the postgraduate trainee was raped and murdered. The woman in a doctor’s coat stands on September 1.

The cartoon was posted on September 1.

“Cartoon has been a strong tool to take on the powers-that-be. Even today we don’t know when justice will be delivered,” said Bhattacharya.

Artist Mahfuz Ali, who signs as Mali on his works, said the RG Kar rape and murder moved him like no other Calcutta incident in recent years.

One of his cartoons posted on Tuesday morning purportedly suggests that the CBI has only caught a small fish (former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh) while the bigger players, depicted as alligators, are free.

“This is my way of expressing concern,” said Ali.