The incident of rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College has sparked outrage across the country. People are protesting the incident, but during the protest the situation worsened when people broke the barricade and entered the hospital. Hundreds of people started vandalizing the hospital and even beat up the doctors. Meanwhile, the doctors and students present inside the hospital kept pleading for help.
On Wednesday, August 14, people protested against the brutality meted out to a junior doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. In some places, women took out a candle march, while in some places, women took to the streets with torches. Slogans demanding justice were raised across the city. Meanwhile, the crowd that had gathered for the demonstration became unruly and broke the barricade and entered the hospital. People had bamboos, bricks and stones in their hands and were vandalizing everywhere.
Doctors and students asked for help in the message
Hundreds of people vandalized hospitals and college hostels and not only that, people also clashed with the police. People vandalized the emergency ward and also beat the doctors present in the hospital. The doctors present at the hospital requested for help through messages, along with this the boys and girls of the hostel were also very scared and started sharing their status in the WhatsApp group for their own safety. She wrote that she is a student of RG Kar College and has been attacked, some girls are trapped inside the hostel while some girls are still outside. Help us.
# Look Kolkata, West Bengal: Police disperse crowds from medical college and hospital.
Amidst doctors’ protest against the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, mobs stormed the premises, vandalizing the protest site, damaging vehicles and public https://t.co/4itklaaetX pic.twitter.com/WrZ5AKjpem
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) August 14, 2024
We are under attack, please save us
A message said that all the lights in the hostel have been switched off, the women faculty of the college are present in the hostel itself, which is quite dangerous. At the same time, some doctors at the hospital have also sent messages saying please save us, asking for their lives to be spared, while some have even said they don’t think they can survive. As the situation went out of control, the police resorted to baton charge and fired tear gas shells. Considering the situation, a large number of police arrangements have been made. A police picket has also been arranged in front of the emergency ward.
