The riots that erupted over the rape and subsequent brutal murder of a medical intern at a Kolkata hospital have still not subsided.
On Tuesday, students started the Nabanna March to get justice for the victim student. A large number of protesters joined this march which started from Santragachhi in Howrah. Kolkata Police used force to stop the students' march. To stop the students' protest, the police used water cannons, deployed Rapid Action Force vehicles and containers were deployed to block the road. The students were about to march to surround the West Bengal State Secretariat building Nabanna and within no time the police turned the entire city into a cantonment. The police had welded barricades on the Howrah Bridge.
BJP announces bandh today: BJP has also opened a front against the Mamata government. Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said that in view of the way the police used violence on the peaceful and constitutional movement of the students, we are calling for a 12-hour strike tomorrow against the West Bengal government demanding the resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee. Against the crushing of this constitutional movement. We appeal to our people to join this strike.
Financial irregularities in Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, case filed
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (EDA) has registered a money laundering case as part of its investigation into alleged financial irregularities in the institution during the tenure of former RG Kar Medical College Hospital principal Sandeep Ghosh and some others. The agency has collected banking and medical purchase documents related to hospitals and medical colleges from various sources. The ED may soon issue summons to question the accused and record their statements.