{"id":45563,"date":"2024-09-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/kolkata-rape-murder-thousands-take-to-streets-for-42-km-long-torch-rally-demanding-justice-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T06:00:02","slug":"kolkata-rape-murder-thousands-take-to-streets-for-42-km-long-torch-rally-demanding-justice-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/kolkata-rape-murder-thousands-take-to-streets-for-42-km-long-torch-rally-demanding-justice-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata rape-murder: Thousands take to streets for 42-km-long torch rally demanding justice &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata: Thousands of citizens held a relay torch rally from Hiland Park to Shyambazar-crossing in Kolkata on Friday \u2013 crossing a distance of around 42 km \u2013 demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city last month.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of citizens held a relay torch rally from Hiland Park to Shyambazar-crossing in Kolkata on Friday \u2013 crossing a distance of around 42 km \u2013 demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the torch march passed through Ruby Crossing, VIP Bazar, Science City, Chingrighata and took a detour via Beleghata Building More, Mallick Bazar, NRS Medical College and SSKM Hospital before concluding at Shyambazar in the northern part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>During the procession, people held flaming torches in hand and shouted slogans in solidarity with the victim. Several people were also seen waving the tricolour and their mobile flashlights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice delayed is justice denied. We want speedy trial and justice. Those guilty should be punished and Abhaya (name given to the victim) should get justice,\u201d one of the people who joined the rally said.<\/p>\n<p>Another rallyist, a retired school teacher, told PTI: \u201cDespite my ailments, I couldn\u2019t help coming down from my third-floor apartment to meet the processionists. I wish them success in their fight. The medic was like my granddaughter. Let no other granddaughter meet such a grim fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u00a0 Kolkata: Thousands of citizens held a relay torch rally from Hiland Park to Shyambazar-crossing in Kolkata on Friday \u2013 crossing a distance of around 42 km \u2013 demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city last month. Thousands of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kolkata-rape-murder-Thousands-take-to-streets-for-42-km-long-torch-rally-demanding-justice.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45565,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563\/revisions\/45565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}