Bengal police lathi-charge protestors throughout march over RG Kar rape case
Chaos erupted in central Kolkata on Saturday after police resorted to a lathi-charge on protestors throughout a justice march towards the RG Kar Medical Faculty rape case. The protestors deliberate a high-voltage march to the West Bengal secretariat, ‘Nabanna.’
The protest, led by senior leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Agnimitra Paul, marked the anniversary of the controversial RG Kar Medical Faculty incident however shortly escalated into confrontation when authorities tried to halt the procession.
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A bit of protestors took half within the march to demand justice for the sufferer of the brutal rape and homicide.
As a part of the ‘Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan’, the protestors raised slogans for justice for the RG Kar sufferer. They voiced their resolve to succeed in the state secretariat, regardless of the blockades put up by the police.
BJP leaders, employees take part in justice march
The dad and mom of the deceased physician urged residents to affix the march to Nabanna, whereas theLeader of theOpposition within the meeting, Suvendu Adhikari, appealed to BJP employees to take part within the procession with no celebration flag.
Adhikari, accompanied by a bit of BJP MLAs, joined the sufferer’s dad and mom on the Dorina Crossing in Esplanade in central Kolkata sans the BJP’s banners, flags and different celebration insignia.
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“The Mamata Banerjee administration is fearing this large crowd, which has gathered in protest,” Adhikari mentioned.
The protestors have been seen carrying the Tricolour in addition to posters and banners demanding justice for the sufferer and the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Heavy safety deployment
Large police deployments, together with RAF personnel and even water cannons, have been made in any respect the strategic factors the place the progress of the agitators is to be halted.
Drones have been getting used for surveillance in view of the ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ protest march.
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The police mentioned that prohibitory orders below Part 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) have been imposed in areas adjoining ‘Nabanna’, multi-layer barricades have been put up at a number of crossings within the two cities, and vehicular motion on the Howrah Bridge and the Vidyasagar Setu over the Hooghly river has been stopped.
Final yr, an on-duty feminine physician contained in the state-run RG Kar hospital was brutally raped and murdered contained in the hospital premises.
