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19 arrested in RG Kar hospital vandalism, says Kolkata police – N.F Times

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Kolkata: Amid the ongoing probe over the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, the Resident Doctors’ Associations (RDAs) across Delhi will be holding a joint protest march on Friday, August 16, from the Nirman Bhavan in the national capital. The protests will begin at 2 pm. The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) also held an emergency meeting to discuss the rape-murder incident on Thursday, and the association decided to hold a candle march at India Gate at 5 pm today.

So far nineteen people have been arrested by Kolkata Police in ransacking RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during a peaceful protest after Thursday midnight.

A large group of unidentified men stormed into Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital around 12.40 am on Thursday and destroyed hospital property at rampant in the middle of the junior doctors’ ongoing agitation. The incident took place while midnight protests named ‘Reclaim the Night’ were being held by women against the horrific rape and murder of the doctor at the hospital.

 

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