Actors, lecturers, college students, others protest in opposition to sexual assault and homicide of a health care provider.
Kolkata:
Movie director Aparna Sen, distinguished personalities from the Bengali movie business and rights activists on Sunday joined hundreds of individuals in a large rally demanding justice for a health care provider who was raped-murdered at RG Kar hospital right here final month.
On the finish of the rally, the members of the Mahamicchil squatted on the busy Esplanade space of the town, vowing to be there until 4am on Monday morning to press upon the federal government for a swift probe into the henious crime and arrest of the responsible.
Because the protest continued nicely previous midnight, the air was stuffed with revolutionary songs like “Karar Oi Louho Kopat”, “We Shall Overcome”, amongst others.
Actor Debalina Mukherjee stated, “Each passing day, the motion for justice will develop fiercer till all these liable for the ugly incident at R G Kar are punished. We perceive that there’s a authorized course of via the courts and the CBI, however we are going to wait till that course of is full.” Sunday night time’s protest was harking back to the “Ladies Reclaim The Evening” occasion that was held on August 14 midnight to demand justice for the postgraduate trainee physician.
Along with the ‘Mahamichhil’, two different rallies came about elsewhere within the metropolis. Whereas one was organised by the alumni of Ramakrishna Mission-run academic establishments, one other concerned college students and previous pupils from a well known convent faculty, each echoing the demand for justice for the medic.
On the mega rally that kicked-off at School Sq. on Sunday afternoon, Sen, accompanied by fellow artistes equivalent to Swastika Mukherjee, Sudipta Chakraborty, Chaiti Ghosal, Sohini Sarkar, and others, marched alongside Central Avenue demanding justice for the physician.
The rallyists demanded {that a} consultant from the ruling social gathering or the state administration meet them to handle their name for a swift investigation and the arrest of these concerned.
Requested if they might stay there till 4 am, director Birsa Dasgupta informed reporters, “We have now despatched a mail to the administration. We would like somebody to come back and maintain talks with us.”
Actor Swastika Mukherjee added, “We all know the CBI is investigating the case, however stories counsel there could be makes an attempt to suppress sure particulars following the physician’s loss of life. We’d like solutions.” She added, “We are going to stay right here until 4 am. The administration would possibly suppose that the motion will lose momentum with the upcoming festive season, however it should resume and develop bigger after the Puja. We perceive that small enterprise homeowners could be affected by this motion, however they’re with us.”
She continued, “So many days have handed for the reason that August 9 incident. After the preliminary arrest, we’ve got not obtained any additional updates from the investigating company. The hospital administration’s first try and dismiss the loss of life as a suicide, mixed with just one arrest, has compelled the folks of this state to take to the streets. We have now united in our demand for justice.”
Earlier firstly of the rally, Aparna Sen informed reporters, “We’re strolling on the highway collectively, demanding justice. If wanted, I’ll hit the highway once more. Frequent folks have the best to demand solutions and know the reality.” A junior medical doctors’ discussion board, which has been protesting for the reason that R G Kar incident, additionally joined the rally.
In south Kolkata, alumni of Ramakrishna Mission colleges and different academic establishments marched from Golpark to Rabindra Sadan Exide Crossing carrying banners with the message ‘Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya (Lead me from darkness to gentle), and demanded a good, neutral investigation and the arrest of all these concerned within the crime.
In one other rally, round 300 alumni, together with present college students and guardians from St. John’s Diocesan Women’ Increased Secondary College, walked from Minto Park to the varsity compound earlier than forming a human chain close to Exide Crossing alongside A J C Bose Highway. Additionally they displayed a symbolic picture of a backbone with the slogan “Our spines usually are not up on the market” on the rally.
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