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It asked the state government to extend all possible support to the CISF team providing security at the R.G. Kar Hospital and medical college. [53] In line with the longstanding rape shield laws of India, in August 2024, the Supreme Court ordered that the name and photos of the victim be removed from social media and electronic platforms. [54]
A man has been charged for the rape and murder of a resident doctor during a night shift in India’s eastern city of Kolkata, a crime that ignited nationwide protests about the country’s ...
The protests, which have generally been peaceful, began Aug. 9 when police discovered the bloodied body of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital’s ...
Doctors and citizens hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against the rape and murder of a PGT woman doctor at the government-run R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, India ...
The body declared that no lawyer in Barasat would stand for the accused. In the evening hundreds of residents brought out a candlelight procession in Baguiati, Kolkata. [13] On 18 June, around 400 government employees of the Writers' Building marched around the Writers' Building in protest against the Kamduni gang rape and murder.
India has been characterised as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape". [9] [10] Many rapes go unreported in various countries including India. [11] [12] The willingness to report rape has increased in recent years, after several incidents of rape received widespread media attention and triggered public protest.
Protests have broken out across India after a medical trainee was found raped and murdered in a hospital in Kolkata. The trainee was a 31-year-old woman, according to reports from the BBC, Reuters ...
The case was widely debated in the media, with some political and social commentators casting aspersions on Jordan's character, and quickly became a political issue. When Jordan originally reported the crime, the chief minister of West Bengal , Mamata Banerjee , called her a liar and accused her of trying to embarrass the government, a position ...