Rallies and demonstrations demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital's doctor who was raped and murdered rocked Kolkata on Sunday.
Retired Army officers, who were alumni of the Purulia Sainik School, marched from Jadavpur 8B Bus Stand to Golpark in south Kolkata with placards in their hands amid rains.
In Wellington in the central part of the city, former students of Calcutta Girls' High School marched in a rally.
Hundreds of nurses held a rally at Karunamoyee in Salt Lake, seeking safety at the workplace.
Agitating junior doctors, too, on Sunday took out a mega protest march demanding justice for the victim, a day after their proposed talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar issue fell through.
Holding placards with slogans such as 'Arji noi dabi kor' (don't request but demand), hundreds of agitators drenched in rain marched from Central Park to Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the state health department, where they have been staging a sit-in for the last six days.
They also raised demands for the resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, West Bengal health secretary and other officials.
"We have been waiting for the last 36 days and still there is no assurance. When will we get justice for our sister?" one of the junior doctors said while addressing participants of the march.
The proposed talks to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar issue fell through on Saturday with the agitating doctors, who had agreed to join the meeting with the West Bengal government after Banerjee's appeal, claiming that they were asked to leave the venue, the CM's Kalighat residence, "unceremoniously" despite relenting on their live-streaming demand.
Meanwhile, former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal has been sent to CBI custody till September 17.
“We have got their custody for three days till September 17. Now, both will be questioned together. The duo has played vital roles in the RG Kar case,” a officer told the media.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the case, had on Saturday evening arrested Mondal and added charges of evidence tampering against Ghosh, who is currently in judicial custody in a corruption case related to the RG Kar hospital.
The next hearing in Supreme Court on the RG Kar case will also take place on September 17 when the CBI is supposed to submit a fresh status report on the matter, as advised by the apex court.
The post-graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty last month, triggering a nationwide outrage.
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