Bengali film industry protests against rape and murder in Kolkata and demands justice

Calcutta (West Bengal) [India]September 8 (ANI): Artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry on Sunday held a protest march against the rape and murder incidents in Kolkata and demanded justice for the victims.

A protester told ANI that the protest would continue until justice was done.

“As long as we do not receive the justice we deserve, the protests will continue,” she said.

Another protester said, “We are fighting for justice, we want justice and we will get justice. We are fighting for ourselves, for every woman and for our protection.” The brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has sparked widespread protests in West Bengal and across the country. The victim was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

On Sunday, doctors' associations, activists and local citizens formed a human chain in Siliguri to protest against the RG Kar rape and murder case and demand justice for the victim.

Earlier today, sculptors of Kumartuli in Kolkata held a protest demonstration against the rape and murder incidents in Kolkata.

In Kolkata, people also held a torch march to protest against the rape and murder. BJP workers protested against the incident in the Kolkata Esplanade area.

Rickshaw drivers in Calcutta also staged protests against the rape and murder incident.

In a related development, BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato on Sunday wrote a letter to the ED director demanding an investigation and arrest of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in connection with the Sandip Ghosh health scandals and the RG Kar case.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offering his resignation from his post as MP.

“I have been suffering patiently for a month since the horrific incident at RG Kar Hospital and was hoping for your direct intervention with the agitating junior doctors, in the old Mamata Banerjee style. It has not happened, whatever punitive action the government is taking now, it is too late. I think normalcy could have been restored in this state much earlier if the gathering of corrupt doctors had been broken up and those guilty of improper administrative action had been punished immediately after the scandalous incident,” the letter said.

The incident sparked a war of words between the BJP and the state government, with the BJP demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

On Thursday, the victim's family accused the Kolkata police of trying to offer them money while they mourned the remains of their daughter.

Sanjoy Roy, a volunteer at G Kar Medical College and Hospital, was arrested in connection with the incident.

On September 2, the Anti-Corruption Wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Dr. Sandip Ghosh and three others for alleged corruption and financial malpractice at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been remanded in police custody for eight days. The next hearing in the case will be held on September 10.

On September 3, amid protests against the Kolkata rape and murder case, the West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment), 2024.

The bill introduces the death penalty or life imprisonment for rape by amending the relevant sections of the new penal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

On September 6, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose referred the Aparajita Bill to President Droupadi Murmu for consideration. (ANI)