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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 ...
Similar protests were held in the eastern city of Kolkata — the capital of West Bengal state where the killing took place — and other Indian cities like Protests grow in India over the rape ...
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.
The Kolkata Police faced nationwide criticism for its handling of the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder and the protests that followed it. In August 2024, a female doctor on night duty at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in North Kolkata was raped and murdered. One civic police volunteer—who had a history of violence against women—was ...
The 2012 case galvanised nationwide protests and led to stricter sentencing laws, including the death penalty for repeat offenders and the creation of fast-track courts for rape cases. Four men ...
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 ...