Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: BJP launches West Bengal shutdown over police action on protesters
Kolkata Doctor rape-murder case: The federally ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched its 12-hour ‘Bangla Bandh’ or lockdown in the eastern West Bengal state on the morning of Wednesday (August 28) to protest police action against protesters who participated in the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally on Tuesday (August 27).
Early morning visuals showed the BJP workers taking to the streets while sloganeering against the state Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress matriarch Mamata Banerjee. The BJP workers also took to the railway tracks to purportedly disrupt the railway’s functioning.
Government bus services were partially affected in Siliguri and Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal.
Visuals from the news agency Press Trust of India showed bus drivers, and conductors wearing helmets during duty for their physical safety
“The government will not allow any bandh on Wednesday. We urge people not to participate in it. All steps shall be taken to ensure that normal life is unaffected,” Alapan Bandopadhyay, the chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said.
On Tuesday (Aug 27), hundreds of people were arrested and several injured in several parts of Kolkata city after the police fired tear gas shells on protesters attempting to proceed towards the state secretariat to press for Mamata Banerjee’s resignation.
The rally was organised by a new student body, ‘Paschimbanga Chhatra Samaj’ in protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
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Reacting to violence during the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally, BJP President JP Nadda said the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has crossed all limits of “cruelty and dictatorship” in West Bengal.
“Keeping in mind the sentiments of the common citizens, the Bharatiya Janata Party has called for a Bengal bandh for 12 hours from 6 am on Wednesday. I am confident that the people of Bengal will stand with us and will leave no stone unturned to shatter the pride of Mamata Banerjee and create an environment to overthrow such an oppressive government,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation will now seek the opinion of medical experts from the Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences to ascertain if the main accused Sanjay Roy was the only accused who committed the crime.
Roy is currently under judicial custody. The central agency is investigating the rape and murder alongside financial irregularities against the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh.
In addition to the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken cognisance of the CBI’s first information report (FIR) and launched a money laundering probe against Ghosh.
(With inputs from agencies)
Mukul Sharma
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