‘Banners, barricades and lathi-charge’: Kolkata on edge amid RG Kar rape protest

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari clarified that the 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to Nabanna) is not a political rally but has been called by the murdered doctor's parents.

Published on Aug 09, 2025 06:09 pm IST 14 Photos
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Protestors taking part in a march to the West Bengal secretariat 'Nabanna' to mark the completion of one year of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital, near the iron wall barricades set up by the city police, at Santragachi in Howrah district.(PTI)

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Police lathi-charged protesters at the Park Street crossing after agitators tried to break through the barricades after ignoring police warnings not to move beyond the Rani Rashmoni Road assembly point.(PTI)

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Crowds were found swelling at both the assembly points in Howrah and Kolkata, with the state police not allowing the protestors to reach anywhere close to the West Bengal secretariat. (PTI)

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LoP in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari with party members during a protest organised to mark the completion of one year of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital, in Kolkata.(PTI)

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, accompanied by a section of BJP MLAs, meanwhile, joined the victim’s parents at the Dorina Crossing in Esplanade in central Kolkata sans BJP’s banners, flags and other party insignia. (PTI)

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