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RG Kar: Victim's family & BJP leaders 'injured' as cops baton charge protestors

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari warned the CM that she will 'pay dearly' for this and that the protest is 'only going to get bigger from here'.

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Protesting BJP members attempt to breach the iron wall. Photo: PTI

Tension prevailed in Kolkata as police officials baton-charged protestors during a march on Saturday to mark the completion of one year of the brutal rape and murder of RG Kar hospital doctor.

RG Kar victim’s mother alleged that she was roughed up by women police personnel while on her way to join the march that is headed to the West Bengal Secretariat, Nabanna.

She claimed that in the scuffle, her 'shankha' (traditional conch shell bangle) was broken and she sustained a head injury.

"Why are they stopping us like this? All we want is to reach Nabanna and seek justice for my daughter," she said. Her daughter was an on-duty doctor at the state-run hospital when the violence took place.

The RG Kar victim's father also alleged that the police tried to prevent the family from reaching Dorina Crossing to join the march, despite court permission for a peaceful rally.

Meanwhile, as part of the 'Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan', the protestors raised slogans for justice for the RG Kar victim and voiced their resolve to reach the state secretariat, irrespective of the blockades put up by the police.

“The police can fire upon us, but we are determined to reach 'Nabanna', where the state government must answer why justice has not been delivered to Abhaya (RG Kar victim) even after one year,” a protestor was heard saying. The rally participants demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "failing to protect women".

West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, along with BJP leader Agnimitra Paul and other party MLAs held a sit-in at the Park Street-J L Nehru Road crossing, while alleging that more than 100 protesters, including Adhikari and other BJP leaders, were injured in police action.

Adhikari also claimed that the parents of the RG Kar victim were injured during the lathi charge. “Mamata Banerjee will pay dearly for this. This protest is only going to get bigger from here,” Adhikari warned.