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BJP workers scuffle with police during protest march
Scuffles broke out on Thursday between police personnel and BJP supporters during a march in the eastern fringes of the city to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month.
The BJP's march to 'Swasthya Bhawan', the headquarters of the state health department in Salt Lake, began from Hudco crossing, around five km away.
The state BJP had announced its leaders will gherao 'Swasthya Bhawan'.
During the rally led by its state president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari tried to break police barricades set up at several places on the route while marching to the state health department.
The police initially tried to pacify the supporters but later chased them with lathis to disperse them.
Adhikari was detained by the police and put inside a prison van, following which the BJP activists tried to forcibly free him from the van.
The BJP workers shouted slogans like "We want justice" and "Mamata Banerjee, resign".
"We want the truth to come out. The state government and the state health department are trying to hide the truth. The state health department and R G Kar Hospital authorities tried to destroy evidence (of the crime)," BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said.
AIIMS' doctors call off 11-day strike after SC appeal
Doctors at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday announced that they were calling off their 11-day strike, to protest the rape and murder of a Kolkata doctor, following an appeal from the Supreme Court.
"We are resuming duties following the Supreme Court’s appeal and assurances and intervention in the RG Kar incident and safety for doctors. We commend the Court's action and call for adherence to its directives. Patient care remains our top priority," the AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association said in a post on X.
AIIMS doctors call off 11-day strike after SC assurance
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SC asks state, Health Ministry, police to chart out safety measures for docs within one week
Doctors are willing to go back to work. However, it is submitted that state govts may take some safety measures for the doctors...we direct that the secretary of the Union Ministry of Health engage with the Chief Secretaries of the State and Director General of Police to ensure the safety...the exercise be completed in 1 weeks, the states shall take appropriate actions within period of 2 weeks: CJI