Two police automobiles have been vandalized whereas a motorbike was set on fireplace outdoors the hospital.
Kolkata:
A mob has vandalised a authorities hospital in Kolkata throughout a midnight protest by medical doctors towards the current rape and homicide of a colleague. The emergency ward in RG Kar Medical School and Hospital has been fully destroyed, stated an official.
Cops fired tear fuel shells and used lathi-charge because the protest turned violent late final night time.
Visuals confirmed stones being pelted on the hospital campus which left a number of cops bloodied. An official stated they tried to dam the mob – which included dozens of unidentified males – from getting into the hospital. However could not.
At the very least two police automobiles have been vandalized whereas a motorbike was set on fireplace outdoors the hospital.
An enormous crowd had assembled on the hospital simply earlier than midnight to mark their protest towards the incident that has shaken the nation – a part of a nationwide agitation to “reclaim the night time” and make it safer for girls.
The protesters toppled barricades and demanded justice for the 31-year-old trainee physician. Because the protest at RG Kar hospital turned violent, police used tear fuel shells and lathi-charged them to convey the state of affairs underneath management.
Riot management police have been additionally out on the streets.
Kolkata Police chief Vineet Goyal, who reached the hospital round 2 am, accused the media of working a “malicious marketing campaign”.
“What occurred right here is because of a improper and motivated media marketing campaign. Due to a malicious media marketing campaign, Kolkata Police misplaced the belief of the individuals. There’s a lot strain from the media,” he stated early Thursday morning.
Surrounded by reporters, the senior cop declared he was “extraordinarily indignant” and denied mishandling the probe.
“I’m telling you from the core of my coronary heart, from each member of the workforce, that we now have not tried to avoid wasting anybody. We’re a accountable power, we won’t destroy proof identical to that,” the chief defended his workforce.
Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, the second in command in ruling Trinamool, stated he has urged the Police Commissioner to make sure that these answerable for the violence are made to face the regulation throughout the subsequent 24 hours, “no matter their political affiliations.”
The hooliganism and vandalism at RG Kar tonight have exceeded all acceptable limits. As a public consultant, I simply spoke with @CPKolkata , urging him to make sure that each particular person answerable for at the moment’s violence is recognized, held accountable, and made to face the regulation…
— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) August 14, 2024
“The hooliganism and vandalism at RG Kar tonight have exceeded all acceptable limits…The calls for of the protesting medical doctors are honest and justified. That is the minimal they need to count on from the federal government. Their security and safety have to be prioritized,” stated the Trinamool nationwide basic secretary.
The midnight protests continued peacefully elsewhere in Kolkata and different components of Bengal towards the rape and homicide of a 31-year-old postgraduate medical trainee.
The physician was discovered lifeless on August 9 morning and the cops later confirmed she was raped and murdered whereas on responsibility. Her post-mortem has revealed chilling and unthinkable particulars of the accidents she suffered.
The incident has sparked protests and strikes by resident medical doctors throughout the nation.
A civic volunteer – named as the principle accused who frequented the hospital – was arrested on August 10. The probe was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Calcutta Excessive Court docket on August 13.
