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Football fans who came to Salt Lake protest over the rape-murder of a doctor

Kolkata:
Kolkata-based rival football fans hit the streets today in a huge protest to seek in the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor. Sunday’s Derby match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan was cancelled due to concerns over possible mob violence.

Here’s your 10-point cheat sheet to this big story

  1. The police had announced a ban on large gatherings from 4 pm till midnight on Sunday to prevent any disruption of peace. Police had intelligence that there was a plan to create trouble at the match, sources said. Some troublemakers would have attacked the police to create a law and order situation, they said.

  2. Though the match was cancelled, football fans came to Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium and shouted slogans.

  3. The police had to use mild force to disperse the crowd. The police had said intelligence reports indicated attempts would be made to stir up violence during the Derby match at Salt Lake Stadium.

  4. Plans were afoot by some groups to hold a protest at the stadium during the Derby match between arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.

  5. There were indications in some social media posts that some supporters of the two iconic football clubs would also jointly hold protests in this regard.

  6. A senior police officer said the stadium would have been able to seat at least 63,000 people. “Keeping in view the safety and security of general football lovers, we took up the matter with the Derby committee and decided to cancel today’s match,” he said.

  7. The police also played two audio clips during the press conference, maintaining that these indicated plans by some people to create disturbance at the stadium.

  8. The Supreme Court, on its own, has taken up the rape-murder case of the Kolkata doctor that has shocked the country and thrown the medical fraternity in a turmoil. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will hear the matter on Tuesday.

  9. Bengal’s Opposition BJP has been alleging that the police are involved in a massive cover-up to protect the guilty. Their allegation got a boost after a midnight attack on the hospital on August 15, as the statewide women’s “Reclaim the Night” demonstration was on.

  10. The prime suspect is Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police who was stationed at the police outpost at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and had access to all departments. The victim’s family alleged more than one accused is involved.



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Doctors began their strike at 6 am to protest the rape and murder of a Kolkata trainee doctor

New Delhi:

Doctors have begun their 24-hour nationwide strike today in protest against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency health services for 24 hours beginning at 6 am, over a week after the horrific incident at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. They also condemned the subsequent vandalism on the campus.

All essential services will be maintained and casualties will be manned, the IMA said in a statement. The routine OPDs will not function and elective surgeries will not be conducted.

The withdrawal is across all sectors, wherever modern medicine doctors are providing service, the top body of doctors said.

“The RG Kar incident has brought to the fore two dimensions of violence in the hospital: A crime of barbaric scale due to the lack of safe spaces for women and the hooliganism that is unleashed due to lack of an organised security protocol,” it said.

“The crime and the vandalism have shocked the conscience of the nation. Today, both the medical fraternity and the nation are victims,” the statement added.

5 Demands Of Doctors On Nationwide Strike

The IMA has put forth five demands:

  1. It wants a significant policy to address violence against doctors and hospitals. The doctors’ body is pushing for a Central Act that would incorporate the amendments made in 2023 to the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 into the proposed Hospital Protection Bill of 2019. This move, it said, would strengthen the existing legislation in 25 states. The IMA has suggested that an ordinance similar to the one enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic would be appropriate in this situation.
  2. The IMA has also demanded that hospitals be declared safe zones with the first step being mandatory security entitlements. “The security protocols of all hospitals should be no less than (that of) an airport. Declaring the hospitals as safe zones with mandatory security entitlements is the first step. CCTVs, deployment of security personnel, and the protocols can follow,” it said in the statement.
  3. The IMA has demanded a thorough overhaul of the working and living conditions of resident doctors, including the 36-hour duty shift that the victim was in and the lack of safe spaces to take a rest.
  4. The IMA has also called for a “meticulous and professional” investigation of the Kolkata horror in a specific time frame and rendering of justice besides identifying those involved in the vandalism of the hospital premises and awarding exemplary punishment.
  5. The doctors’ body has also sought an appropriate and dignified compensation to the bereaved family commensurate with the cruelty inflicted.

The trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week inside a medical college in Kolkata where she worked, triggering nationwide protests among doctors. Anger at the failure of tough laws to deter a rising tide of violence against women has fuelled widespread protests by doctors and women’s groups across the country. 





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