US EditionJustice March to Nabanna: Protestors Confront Blockades
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, AUG 9 – Police used lathi charge to disperse over 100 protesters demanding justice for a junior doctor’s rape and murder, leading to injuries including the victim’s mother, opposition leaders said.
- On August 9, 2025, police clashed with protesters in Kolkata and Howrah during the anniversary march for the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder, injuring the victim’s mother. The clash occurred as demonstrators, including victim’s parents and opposition BJP leaders, attempted to breach barricades.
- Marked one-year anniversary, the rally demanded justice for the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder and called for Mamata Banerjee’s resignation.
- Answering barricade breaches, West Bengal Police employed lathi charges and baton sticks, causing over 100 injuries including to the victim’s mother, citing Section 163 of the Bengal Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
- The victim’s mother was hospitalized with a head injury after police action during the march, despite ongoing demands for a comprehensive CBI probe.
- In light of the clashes, the unrest underscores the need for systemic reforms to safeguard women’s safety and dignity in public institutions, emphasizing stakeholder collaboration on justice and democratic freedoms.
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‘Just want justice, never thought this could happen’: RG Kar victim’s mother recounts ‘assault by police’ during death anniversary march
The father of the deceased RG Kar trainee doctor said the family would take her mother back home on Sunday after she is discharged from the hospital.
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NewsDrumRG Kar crime anniversary: ‘Police excesses’ sully justice march, Kaligunj mother joins protest
Kolkata, Aug 9 (PTI) Chaos and violent agitation dominated the streets of Kolkata and adjacent Howrah on Saturday, a day that marked completion of one year of the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital, and left the mother of the victim hospitalised with a head injury. The […]
RG Kar victim's parents taken to hospital after being injured during protest | What we know so far
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday called off the party’s ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ protest after a three-hour sit-in at the Park Street-J L Nehru Road intersection, alleging police brutality against peaceful demonstrators seeking justice for the RG Kar hospital medic who was raped and murdered last year. Mother of victim injured in police action Adhikari said the decision to withdraw the protest was influenced by the condition of the victim’s moth…
Chaos At RG Kar Protest: Victim's Parents Injured, Taken To Hospital
The parents of the RG Kar rape and murder victim have claimed that they roughed up by the state police this morning during a protest march to Nabanna, the state secretariat that houses the office of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
After RG Kar rape-murder, West Bengal police lathi-charge protesters seeking justice
A year after the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College, West Bengal witnessed fresh tensions as police lathi-charged protesters during the ‘Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan’ in Kolkata.
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