US EditionRG Kar Protest: Chaos at Kolkata Rally; Victim's Mother Says ‘Bangles Broken’ as Police Lathi-Charge Protesters
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, AUG 8 – West Bengal Police permitted peaceful protests on the RG Kar victim's death anniversary but banned the march to the state secretariat, enforcing strict measures and alternative protest sites.
- Thousands of people marched in Kolkata on Saturday, August 9, demanding justice for the RG Kar Medical College doctor raped and murdered a year earlier.
- The protest followed prohibitory orders from the Calcutta High Court that banned rallies near Nabanna, the state secretariat, and offered alternative sites at Santragachi Bus Stand and Rani Rashmoni Avenue.
- Police deployed heavy barricades and prevented protesters, including the victim's family and opposition members, from reaching Nabanna, while hosting a press briefing warning that legal action would follow any lawbreaking.
- The victim's mother alleged police broke her traditional conch shell bangle and caused a head injury during the scuffle, and police baton-charged BJP MLAs amid attempts to breach barricades toward Vidyasagar Setu.
- The events underscore ongoing tensions over justice and protest rights, with the victim's family seeking a fresh probe while authorities uphold prohibitory orders to maintain public order.
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RG Kar protest: Chaos at Kolkata rally; victim's mother says ‘bangles broken’ as police lathi-charge protesters
RG Kar rape protest: The rally had been called to mark the one-year anniversary of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder, which occured at the medical institute in Kolkata last year, August 9
RG Kar Victim's Parents Assaulted By Kolkata Police At Death Anniversary Protest March
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, accompanied by a section of BJP MLAs, earlier in the day, joined the victim’s parents at the Dorina Crossing in Esplanade in central Kolkata without BJP’s banners, flags and other party insignia.
RG Kar protesters lathicharged, victim's mother says 'Mamata's cops' assaulted her
The unrest unfolded when the rally moved away from the designated protest site and diverted towards Park Street, where protesters tried to breach police barricades while marching towards the West Bengal secretariat, Nabanna.
One Year On, Protestors March To West Bengal Secretariat 'Nabanna' Demanding Justice In RG Kar Case
A section of protestors taking part in a march to the West Bengal secretariat 'Nabanna' to mark the completion of one year of the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the state-run RG Kar hospital reached Santragachi in Howrah district.
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