Kolkata doctor rape-murder case Doctors in UK seek justice

 

 

A GROUP of Indian doctors and medical students in the UK have issued an open letterthisweekenddemanding justice for the postgraduate trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at RGKar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The letter condemns the “brutal rape andmurder of anon-duty female doctor” at the hospital and the “inaction” of the West Bengal Government in its response to the incident last week. The letter follows a peaceful protest staged outside India House in London and similar gatherings in UKcities such as Edinburghand Leedsin solidarity with the doctors protesting in India. “This incident is a symptom of the rising violence against women and the negligence of the State towards its citizens,” reads the open letter.

 

“The absence of investment in public infrastructure and safety measures has a disproportionate impactonwomen,who are already marginalised by the patriarchal social conditions. Instead of supporting their empowerment by creating safe workplaces and efficient judicial mechanisms,governmentleaders,including Mamata Banerjee, have historically indulged in victim-blaming and misogynist responses,” it notes. PROTESTS  AT DHAKA UNIVERSITY: STUDENTS at the prestigious Dhaka University in Bangladesh held a protest insolidaritywithongoingdemonstrations over the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata in the neighbouring country. The protest, organised under the banner “Awaaz Tolo Nari” (Raise Your Voice, Women), onFriday, tookplace attheRaju Sculpture in Dhaka University, ‘Dhaka Tribune’newspaperreportedonSaturday