Sculptors of Kumartuli hold protest march in Kolkata over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident - World News Network

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 9 (ANI): Sculptors of Kumartuli on Sunday held a protest march in Kolkata over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident.

In Kolkata, people from various walks of life held a protest on Sunday over the Kolkata rape and murder incident by forming a human chain.
The brutal rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has sparked widespread protests in West Bengal and across the country. The victim was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
In Tollygunge, artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry held a protest march and demanded justice for the victim.
In Siliguri, people from the medical fraternity, activists and local citizens on Sunday formed a human chain to protest.
Earlier today, people with torches, BJP workers, and rickshaw pullers separately took to the streets to protest against the rape and murder incident. Notably, the protest has been ongoing for nearly a month.
Dr Tapas Pramanik, who was on duty in the Emergency Department at RG Kar Medical College on August 9, expressed his hope to ANI that the investigating agency will submit a transparent report leading to capital punishment in the RG Kar rape-murder case, which is under Supreme Court hearing.
The incident has sparked a war of words between the BJP and the state government, with the BJP demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
On Thursday, the victim’s family accused the Kolkata Police of attempting to offer them money while they were grieving with their daughter’s remains.
Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer at the G Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been arrested in connection with the incident.
On September 2, the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Dr Sandip Ghosh, along with three others, over alleged corruption and financial misconduct at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been remanded to 8-day police custody. The next hearing of the case will be on September 10.
On September 3, amid protests over the Kolkata rape and murder case, the West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024’.
The Bill introduces the death penalty or life-long imprisonment for rape by amending the relevant sections in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the new penal code.
On September 6, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose referred the Aparajita Bill to President Droupadi Murmu for consideration. (ANI)

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