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Protests called "Women, Reclaim the Night" were held in Kolkata and other cities around India on 14 August. [76] [77] [78] The goal of the protest has been described as "For Women's independence on the midnight of independence", noting that the protests continued through India's Independence Day on 15 August. [79] [80]
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 ...
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 ...
Police officers stand outside the emergency ward during a doctors' strike to protest the rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India, on August 11, 2024.
Following the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident, a rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor inside the hospital premises, significant agitation came against Ghosh. He was transferred to Calcutta National Medical College as principal but could not join due to large-scale mass protests. [18] [19] Ghosh resigned from the post on 12 August.
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 ...
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 ...
Following that incident, on 11 January 2024, ED officers filed a petition for the protection of them in Calcutta High Court for which the protection was granted by the court. [3] [4] The court also ordered for an interim stay on the FIRs which were filed by police against ED officials on the day of the raid and violence. [5]