Kolkata: Protestors gathered at in Kolkata on Tuesday to march towards the state secretariat, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The police resorted to using tear gas, lathi-charge, and water cannons as protestors broke police barricades and moved forward with the march.
The Kolkata Police, which made massive security arrangements for the protest march “Nabannno Abhijan”, tried to contain the protesters as they broke barricades during the protest in the city today. Nabanno is the state secretariat, from where the Government of West Bengal operates. It houses the offices of the Chief Minister and other top ministers and officials.
The protest march to the state secretariat was announced by an unregistered body claiming to be a students’ organisation, to demand justice for the rape-murder of the 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College on August 9.
