Doctor's murder: BJP workers 'prevented' from holding protest rally in Kolkata

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that its workers were prevented from holding a rally in Kolkata to protest against the death of a woman doctor in the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city last week. A stage that was set up at Shyambazar crossing in north Kolkata was dismantled by the police, a party leader said. Several saffron party workers were rounded up and taken to central lock-up in Lalbazar police headquarters.

Police officers were not available for comment. Several BJP leaders like Agnimitra Paul, an MLA, and Rudranil Ghosh were among those who assembled in Shyambazar to take part in the demonstration. Protests by the saffron party workers were also held at Nager Bazar on the northern outskirts of the metropolis. Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the RG Kar Hospital in the wee hours of Thursday. A woman post-graduate trainee was allegedly raped and murdered in the seminar room of the medical establishment on August 9. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women in various parts of the state against the killing of the doctor.