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Medical doctors increase slogans throughout a protest rally over the latest alleged rape and homicide of a trainee physician on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital | (Picture: PTI)
Individuals from all walks of life – former college students of a number of instructional establishments, clay modellers, rickshaw pullers and junior medical doctors individually hit the streets of Kolkata on Sunday in continued protest over the rape and homicide of a medic in a state-run hospital a month in the past.
Demanding the arrest of all culprits within the case, the mom of the post-graduate trainee whose physique was present in RG Kar Medical School and Hospital on August 9 stated she had one youngster and now all of the protesting medics are her kids.
In south Kolkata, round 4,000 former college students of over 40 faculties, numerous them ladies, walked a distance of two km demanding justice for the sufferer.
The previous college students of varied ages chanted ‘We Need Justice’ as they walked alongside Rash Behari Avenue to the crossing of Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Street from Gariahat.
Ex-students of institutes like Binodini Ladies College, Mitra Establishment, Garfa Excessive College, Carmel Excessive College and St John’s Diocesan took half within the procession, singing the long-lasting composition of insurgent poet Kaji Nazrul Islam: Karar oi louho kopat, bhenge phel korre lopat (Destroy the iron gates of jail).
A key organiser, Garima Ghosh stated, “Aside from the principle demand – punishment for all these concerned within the brutal attack-murder of Abhaya (the symbolic identify of the sufferer), we search security of ladies in all workplaces,” she stated.
In one other rally from the potters’ hub of Kumartuli in north Kolkata, clay modellers took out a rally alongside Rabindra Sarani to Shyambazar five-point crossing, with a lady dressed as Goddess Durga main the procession.
Singing Arijit Sing’s tune ‘Aar kabe’ (how lengthy) in solidarity with sexually violated ladies, the protesters held aloft placards demanding speedy investigation and justice within the R G Kar murder-rape incident.
Sculptor Sanatan Dinda and singer Lagnajita have been additionally a part of the procession.
“One month has handed, however the hearth inside us will rage on until the culprits are flushed,” Dinda stated.
Round 100 folks with their hand-pulled rickshaws additionally rallied from Hedua Park to School Sq. in north Kolkata.
“We demand justice for Abhaya – who’s our daughter,” stated Rameshwa Shaw, a rickshaw puller who’s initially from Darbhanga in Bihar.
A whole lot of junior medical doctors of state-run NRS Hospital took out a rally from Sealdah to Esplanade within the coronary heart of town.
The mother and father of the murdered physician have been current on the spot in Esplanade the place the rally culminated.
A whole lot of junior medical doctors of R G Kar hospital – the epicentre of the motion since August 10 – fashioned a human chain at 5 pm and sang the nationwide anthem holding the tri-colour.
They have been joined by different residents close to a stage of left organisations SFI and DYFI.
Regardless of being on stop work’ by junior medical doctors demanding stronger safety measures in hospitals, they’re operating free telemedicine providers.
Protests have been additionally held in a number of different locations in West Bengal.
Hundreds of individuals have been anticipated to hit the streets in numerous components of the state at midnight on Sunday within the third version ‘Reclaim the Night time’ marketing campaign.
After the success of the primary such gathering on August 14, the second version was organised on September 4.
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First Printed: Sep 08 2024 | 8:31 PM IST
