‘Our times are less than cows, goats.’ Women said on the streets of Kolkata India.
On August 9, a 31-year-old female doctor was brutally murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Her body was recovered. She was naked, lying motionless on the floor with a broken pelvic girdle, deformed limbs, shards of glass in her eyes, and constant bleeding.
An autopsy revealed 150 grams of semen in her body (a man can produce only 15 grams).
A student participating in the protest was saying, “When will we finally get freedom?”
Thousands of women took to the streets in the Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday night to protest against the rape and murder of a female doctor at a government hospital.
The rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College on Friday last week has sparked nationwide outrage.
A woman doctor of RG Kar Medical College slept in a seminar hall on Friday night after a 36-hour long shift as there was no special rest area for women in the hospital. The next morning, his colleagues found his semi-naked body near the podium in the hall with many injuries.
Police have arrested a volunteer worker of the hospital for this crime.
In this regard, a campaign was also launched on social media, and due to this, thousands of women took to the streets in West Bengal on Wednesday night and continued to march in the streets even in the rain.
According to the police, this incident of rape and murder took place between 3 am to 6 am.
The Indian news agency quoted a police officer as saying that evidence was found at the crime scene indicating that the female doctor was first murdered and then raped.
On Wednesday night, women protestors in the city of Kolkata held placards in their hands and their faces were illuminated by the lights of mobile phones. All these women were chanting the same slogan: ‘We want justice.’
As India’s 78th Independence Day began at 12 midnight, Kolkata was still buzzing with the slogans of women protesters.
“We have never seen such a large number of women marching on the streets in this city,” says a news channel journalist present there.
Police claim to arrest the accused
On the other hand, the Kolkata Police say that they have arrested the accused who raped the woman six hours after the incident.
According to the police, after the incident, the accused went to his house washed his clothes to erase the evidence, and then slept there. Police say that the arrested accused had no direct connection with the hospital, but he used to visit the hospital regularly.
The accused is also said to have worked as a volunteer with the Kolkata Police at times of need.
While talking to the media, the victim’s father said that ‘my daughter will never come back, but at least the investigation should be done properly.’
