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A 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor's rape and murder in Kolkata has caused huge uproar across the country, with protesters holding a pan-India protest under 'Reclaim the Night' campaign.

Besides Kolkata, cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, among others, saw large numbers of protesters, mostly women, taking to the streets to demand justice for the trainee doctor.

In Kolkata, an angry mob broke into the RG Kar hospital, where the trainee doctor was raped, and vandalised the emergency ward. Following a scuffle, police managed to bring the situation under control.

Top developments from the overnight stir:

  • The emergency ward of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the trainee doctor was raped and murdered, was vandalised by a mob. Barricades were broken, vehicles parked inside the hospital premises and police vehicles were vandalised, and things were thrown.
Visuals from the protest site showed the medical store room of the hospital vandalised with medicines and other things thrown around.

  • The police, outnumbered by the mob, had to lathicharge and use tear gas to disperse the crowd. Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal expressed anger over the incident and said, "What happened should not have happened. We have done what is right, now the case has been handed over to CBI."
He also blamed a "malicious media campaign" and "propaganda" for the vandalism. "A motivated media campaign has been done. It is sad for the city. Because of this, Kolkata Police has lost the trust of the people," he said.

  • Protests were also seen outside Delhi's major hospitals, including AIIMS and Safdarjung.Doctors at the GTB Hospital, who were part of the delegation, initially called off their indefinite strike on Wednesday morning but later resumed it in support of the Resident Doctors' Associations (RDAs).
STORY | Kolkata medic rape-murder: Delhi's major hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung, continue strike

The Faculty Association of AIIMS also urged all faculty members to join the protest with the resident doctors, according to a statement released by the association.

  • Protests were also seen in parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Nagpur.
In Mumbai, the protest was planned spontaneously by a group of people, started by a woman, Deboshree Ghosh. No political party was involved, the organisers claimed.

The outpatient department (OPD) services at public hospitals in Maharashtra remained affected too, affecting many patients in Mumbai. In Nagpur, doctors staged protests and took out a candle march to express solidarity with their colleagues agitating across the country.

  • Apart from Kolkata, women also held protests in West Bengal's Siliguri and Asansol. Women were seen holding mashals as they sought justice for the trainee doctor.
SOURCE: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...ospital-protests-vandalism-2582470-2024-08-15
 
Raped Indian doctor's colleague speaks of trauma and pain

Tens of thousands of people participated in a "Reclaim the Night" march in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday night to protest against last week's rape and murder of a trainee doctor.

The march, largely led by women, demanded justice for the 31-year-old victim who worked at the RG Kar Medical College. She was brutally attacked on Friday, sparking protests and anger across the country.

Devalina Bose, 27, an intern at the same hospital, told the BBC that she joined the protest as she was hurt and angry because of what happened to her colleague.

Here is Devalina in her own words.

I’m still traumatised by what happened to the victim. I struggle to sleep at night.

I keep thinking about how just three weeks back, I had taken a short nap in a room just a few meters away from where the the rape and murder happened.

I was tired that night after being on my feet for hours and I just wanted to take a nap. But the room didn’t have a lock and so I couldn’t bolt the door shut.

I was alone in the room and, for a second, I worried about my safety.

But then I pushed the thought out of my head because I told myself that my colleagues were close-by and nothing untoward could possibly happen to me in a hospital.

But now, I don’t feel this way anymore.

Every time I’m on shift, I catch myself looking over my shoulder, scanning the room for unsafe faces, voices… I don’t know what I’m looking for but I’m always on the edge.

What happened to her is just unimaginable. How could a doctor on duty be subjected to something so horrific? So inhuman?

Doctors save people’s lives. They give people a second - sometimes a third - lease on life.

So last night, I joined all my colleagues on the street. My parents didn’t want me to participate in the march because they were worried about my safety.

But I told them that they should encourage me instead, because women have the right to be out in the streets at night and to feel safe.

Women have the right to be anywhere they choose to, doing whatever they choose to, without having to worry about their safety. We have a right to the night like anybody else.

That's why I joined the protest. To mark this idea and to force people to see it, understand it and believe it.

I saw so many people, of all ages, participate in the march.

There were several generations of women out in the streets - grandmothers, mothers, daughters - holding placards, candles, shouting slogans for justice and change. Some were just walking along silently, perhaps soaking it all in.

My female professors and staff from the hospital were also out to protest.

People from the building I stay in were also participating in a march organised by our society.

It was the first time I saw people I never thought would participate in a march in the night.

I thought it was so special and so powerful.

I walked along with my female friends and even though I attended just one protest march, I felt connected to the hundreds of marches being held simultaneously across the state.

My friends from other places shared videos of their marches with me. I shared photos and videos of mine.

In those few moments, we all felt connected - united in our anger and desire for change.

I think this incident has ignited so much rage and touched so many people.

Often in our society, many people tend to blame the victim. They say 'why was she out with a guy?' or 'why was she wearing that dress?' or 'why was she out at that hour in the night?'

It is reprehensible to hold a woman accountable for the man's actions in any case. Now many of us are wondering who will people blame?

It’s time we as a society took a step back and asked ourselves this question: whose fault is rape, really?

BBC
 
The man who raped was a contract employee with the Kolkata Police. he actually went to the barracks and slept after committing the crime.

He was married 4 times and each relationship had broken down because of domestic violence and sexual abuse. There was a lot of rape videos found on his phone too. A sick demented individual who deserves the maximum possible punishment like the Nirbhaya case
 
oatmeal said:
The man who raped was a contract employee with the Kolkata Police. he actually went to the barracks and slept after committing the crime.

He was married 4 times and each relationship had broken down because of domestic violence and sexual abuse. There was a lot of rape videos found on his phone too. A sick demented individual who deserves the maximum possible punishment like the Nirbhaya case
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What a monster!

He should be locked up for a long time or executed. Clearly a danger to society.
 
oatmeal said:
The man who raped was a contract employee with the Kolkata Police. he actually went to the barracks and slept after committing the crime.

He was married 4 times and each relationship had broken down because of domestic violence and sexual abuse. There was a lot of rape videos found on his phone too. A sick demented individual who deserves the maximum possible punishment like the Nirbhaya case
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He belonged to the parallel system created by Mamata, where TMC goons were made volunteers for the cops and acted like cops.

TMC goons later attacked the protesting doctors.

It is not just an individual. It is the whole TMC system which patronises goons.
 
I wish I could curse here. It's probably the biggest news in India currently.
 
Hitman said:
I wish I could curse here. It's probably the biggest news in India currently.
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She will get justice but only because of the outrage on social media. The first reaction of the authorities is always to cover it up unless the victim is high profile.

In the Pune drunk drive case, the entire system worked to get the teenager free, they tampered with samples, found a patsy. If there was no social media outrage, nothing would have happened. Akash Ambani was involved in a hit and run case last year too in which allegedly 2 people died , zero news articles. Everything got taken down and no one ever talks about it.
 
oatmeal said:
She will get justice but only because of the outrage on social media. The first reaction of the authorities is always to cover it up unless the victim is high profile.

In the Pune drunk drive case, the entire system worked to get the teenager free, they tampered with samples, found a patsy. If there was no social media outrage, nothing would have happened. Akash Ambani was involved in a hit and run case last year too in which allegedly 2 people died , zero news articles. Everything got taken down and no one ever talks about it.
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They tried to pass it off as suicide at first. Such scums. Even the victim's family was informed that it was a suicide case at first.
 
Hitman said:
They tried to pass it off as suicide at first. Such scums. Even the victim's family was informed that it was a suicide case at first.
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Yeah they told it was a suicide, and then finally got pressured to do a post mortem which revealed the gory details and then pressured the parents to hurriedly cremate her body.

What was the need to cremate the body so quickly especially if there was any evidence missed in the first post mortem done very quickly. In most cases the cops are fools or acting maliciously or usually both.

In the Aarushi Talwar murder case, the body of the domestic worker was on the roof for a whole day after the girl's murder was reported. They were searching for him everywhere and even named him as the main suspect
 
Hitman said:
They tried to pass it off as suicide at first. Such scums. Even the victim's family was informed that it was a suicide case at first.
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Shameless people. The truth should come out and all the people who tried to cover it up should be shamed in public.
 
The Kolkata Police should take a leaf from the Telangana police book and finish off the accused in an 'encounter'.

Such scumbags should have no place in any society.

I hope the poor doctor recovers and gets all the supports she needs.
 
gani999 said:
The Kolkata Police should take a leaf from the Telangana police book and finish off the accused in an 'encounter'.

Such scumbags should have no place in any society.

I hope the poor doctor recovers and gets all the supports she needs.
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She was murdered
 
gani999 said:
The Kolkata Police should take a leaf from the Telangana police book and finish off the accused in an 'encounter'.

Such scumbags should have no place in any society.

I hope the poor doctor recovers and gets all the supports she needs.
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They should be convicted and punished by the court, not a summary encounter.

If we dont trust cops to accurately even record and investigate a crime, how can we trust them enough to be judge, jury and executioner. What if they encounter some random poor guy to protect the actual criminal and close the case.
 
This is a horrible story. I hope this woman gets some justice and all of the perpetrators are punished.
 
“BJP always desperate to attack Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee”: TMC leader Shatrughan Sinha

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shatrughan Sinha praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, describing her as a woman of substance and a symbol of women empowerment. He also criticised the BJP, accusing the party of being ‘desperate and frustrated’ in its continuous attacks on the Chief Minister over incidents in the state.

Mr. Sinha said that Mamata Banerjee was an example of ‘women empowerment’ who faced numerous challenges to achieve success as a leader and said that the entire nation takes pride in her accomplishments. “There is only one woman CM in the entire country and we talk about women empowerment. Mamata Banerjee is a woman of substance and she has struggled a lot to reach this position. She proved herself as a successful leader. The entire country is proud of her,” he said.

The Hindu
 
Hitman said:
Yes! The world has a rape problem.
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Yes this is evil is not particular to one nation or culture .

But I thought after the Delhi bus rape which was horrific & made worldwide news , India would have cracked down hard on attacks or harassment of women ?

India seems to have a bigger problem than others when it comes to assaults against women.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Yes this is evil is not particular to one nation or culture .

But I thought after the Delhi bus rape which was horrific & made worldwide news , India would have cracked down hard on attacks or harassment of women ?

India seems to have a bigger problem than others when it comes to assaults against women.
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Yes, India has a big rape problem. And it's not something new here.
 
I think therfore I am said:
Does India have a rape problem
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There are sadly similar reclaim the night marches here in the UK and recently there has been a report of how women are unsafe in trains.

Sadly sexual violence against women is prevalent everywhere. India does have this problem for sure but its a worldwide pandemic.
 
gani999 said:
The Kolkata Police should take a leaf from the Telangana police book and finish off the accused in an 'encounter'.

Such scumbags should have no place in any society.

I hope the poor doctor recovers and gets all the supports she needs.
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It seems the accused has political support. After the rape was done, TMC goons went in and vandalized everything in that room and totally destroyed all the evidence.

TMC will not let the case blow up into a bigger monster. A lot of big names could come out.
 

Key doctors' body FORDA resumes strike after vandalism at Kolkata hospital​


The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) on Thursday resumed its strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. The doctors' panel took the decision hours after vandalism occurred at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, where the trainee doctor's body was found.

Notably, the FORDA had called off the protests on August 13 after meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi.

"We strongly condemn the Union Ministry and state government for their failure to honour their commitments and ensure the safety of healthcare professionals during this crisis. Given the gravity of recent developments and the overwhelming call for justice, we have decided to resume the strike, effective immediately," the doctor's body said in a statement.

The body said it was working with all stakeholders and Resident Doctors' Associations (RDAs) to develop a strategic plan of action.

In the early hours of Thursday, violence erupted at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during a protest march organised by women. A group of people stormed into the hospital and vandalised property as well as the protest venue where the doctors were protesting since August 9.

The mob vandalised the emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store, and outpatient department. They also destroyed CCTV cameras in the hospital premises.

Protesters broke barricades and also damaged a police vehicle and several two-wheelers.

Even police personnel had to seek refuge with the hospital's nurses following the chaos caused by the mob after some time.

Kolkata Police resorted to using tear gas and lathicharge to disperse the crowd. Several videos from the spot showed huge chaos at the hospital, with people running for cover.

A nurse who was present during the chaos said the mob was trying to enter the seminar room where the trainee doctor was killed.

The nationwide protests by doctors began after a trainee doctor was raped and killed in the seminar hall of the hospital last week. The Calcutta High Court has handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further investigation.

A civic volunteer with Kolkata Police was arrested in connection with the doctor's rape and murder.

Additional personnel have been deployed at the hospital after the incident, the police said.

www.indiatoday.in

Key doctors' body FORDA resumes strike after vandalism at Kolkata hospital

A group of people stormed into the hospital on Wednesday night during the protests staged by doctors and vandalised the emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store, and outpatient department.
www.indiatoday.in www.indiatoday.in
 
The vandalism was done to bury the evidence.

TMC has done irreparable damage to West Bengal.
 
The bigger issue is no accountability by the authorities. The principal of that hospital was apparently transferred out twice with the last couple of years (with huge corruption charges), but reinstated within a few days both times. Even now, he was shunted out after the hue & cry, but was appointed in another college immediately. Wouldn’t have happened if he didn’t have political (read TMC) support.
 
Could anybody plz explain why Mamta calling protests on this issue by BJP supporters as an attempt to create unrest in W. Bengal
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Could anybody plz explain why Mamta calling protests on this issue by BJP supporters as an attempt to create unrest in W. Bengal
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Under Mamata, WB has become a laughing stock. We all thought Communists were bad. But Mamata has managed to outperform them.
Mamata very well knows that her state is ripe for Presidential rule. But she will do her best to deflect the blame.

Presidential rule should have been applied during Sandeshkhali rapes. Multiple women were raped by TMC leader and his goons against Hindu women of lower caste and Dalits. For some reason it was eventually brushed under the carpet.
 
This is different than other rape and murder cases in India. The rape was done to cover up the murder, and the one arrested is moat possibly a scapegoat.
 
CricketCartoons said:
He belonged to the parallel system created by Mamata, where TMC goons were made volunteers for the cops and acted like cops.

TMC goons later attacked the protesting doctors.

It is not just an individual. It is the whole TMC system which patronises goons.
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Sounds like a completely messed up system. I always envisioned Bengalis as liberal intellectuals who would not let such a horrible governance structure happen but I guess that is not the case.
 
rickroll said:
Sounds like a completely messed up system. I always envisioned Bengalis as liberal intellectuals who would not let such a horrible governance structure happen but I guess that is not the case.
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Bengalis do have an intellectual class which is often seen in popular culture, but they have never been able to affect ground reality. Who could be more liberal and intellectual than Tagore? But people did not listen to him. His philosophy lost.
Bengalis had naxalite movement which was violent. They had 34 years of communist rule, where there was no opposition, because anyone even contesting in a small village election would be found as skulls. TMC came to power only because Commies had a reformist CM (who died last week) who wanted to bring industries back, and TMC out commied the commies, and the goons shifted loyalty to TMC. Bengali intellectual class is only good for movies. On the ground, Bengal is a very violent state.
 
anikrc1 said:
This is different than other rape and murder cases in India. The rape was done to cover up the murder, and the one arrested is moat possibly a scapegoat.
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Could it be because big names in TMC government will be exposed if the case is investigated by CBI? They already destroyed most of the evidence by vandalizing the spot where the rape/murder happened.
 
CricketCartoons said:
Bengalis do have an intellectual class which is often seen in popular culture, but they have never been able to affect ground reality. Who could be more liberal and intellectual than Tagore? But people did not listen to him. His philosophy lost.
Bengalis had naxalite movement which was violent. They had 34 years of communist rule, where there was no opposition, because anyone even contesting in a small village election would be found as skulls. TMC came to power only because Commies had a reformist CM (who died last week) who wanted to bring industries back, and TMC out commied the commies, and the goons shifted loyalty to TMC. Bengali intellectual class is only good for movies. On the ground, Bengal is a very violent state.
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This is very sad to read. Growing up we used to read a lot of good things about Bengalis and how rich its cultural heritage was.

I feel Bengal is on par with Bihar now.
 
Champ_Pal said:
This is very sad to read. Growing up we used to read a lot of good things about Bengalis and how rich its cultural heritage was.

I feel Bengal is on par with Bihar now.
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As per latest data (Shekhar gupta episode of cut the clutter), rajastan is out and Bengal In for bimaru states category
 
Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case: Indian medics call for nationwide shutdown

Anger over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in eastern India showed no signs of dying down on Friday, as medics called for the largest shutdown of hospital services in recent times, and political parties geared up for protests.

A 31-year old trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week inside a medical college in the eastern city of Kolkata where she worked, triggering nationwide protests among doctors and drawing parallels to the notorious gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in 2012.

Late on Thursday, the Indian Medical Association, the country's largest grouping of medics, said it would implement a nationwide shutdown of most departments, except essential services, for 24 hours from Saturday morning, the largest such strike in at least a decade.

"Doctors, especially women are vulnerable to violence because of the nature of the profession. It is for the authorities to provide for the safety of doctors inside hospitals and campuses," the IMA said in a statement issued on X late on Thursday night.

Political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in opposition in West Bengal, of which Kolkata is capital, said they will hold protests in the city on Friday.

Bollywood actors, other celebrities and politicians have voiced shock at the crime, calling for stricter punishments for perpetrators of crimes against women.

A police volunteer who worked at the hospital has been arrested and charged with the crime.

Doctors say the circumstances of the rape point to the vulnerability of medics left without proper protection and facilities.

The government brought in sweeping changes to the criminal justice system, including tougher sentences, after the Delhi gang-rape, but campaigners say little has changed despite the tougher laws.

SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/india...g 16 (Reuters),parties geared up for protests.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Who is it ? Amartya sen?

Mamatha shamelessly brought illegal immigrants for votes to eat the resources and made mockery of security to let all firms go away.
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Ashish Bose.

Mamata used to raise her voice against illegal immigrants, because then they would become voters for CPM. When she came to power, she started supporting the same illegals for votes, and trained her guns against non bengali Indians and started calling them outsiders (bohiragoto).
 
This thread is not about Mamta and her work etc. Stay on topic please
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Yes. And these are the reported ones. Imagine the number of cases which are not reported. UP would be number 1 in that category.

www.statista.com

India: reported rape cases by state 2022 | Statista

Rajasthan has the highest number of reported rape cases in India in 2022. Uttar Pradesh ranked second that year with over 3,500 reported rape cases.
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On the contrary, most cases are reported these days at least in cities. Women in India are not going to sit silently to protect their family honor and suffer the rape.

There are so many cases of false rape cases too. Women also blackmail men on false rape accusations.

While any rape is deplorable, 20,000 rapes per year in a population of 1.4 billion is better than many countries.

In UK, there were 68,000 rapes in 2021/22. Pakistan also has an average of 5000 rapes reported every year in the past 4 years.

Rape is a worldwide problem. Not an Indian problem as some make it to be. As long as Patriarchy exists, women will suffer.
 
Having lived in that country, I am not surprised by these stories. The men there are very very very desperate and tend to stare women alot, like they are not even discrete.

Yes, rape is a problem in the whole world, but some men in India, they are next level creeps.
 
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India protests intensify over doctor's rape and murder

Protests have intensified in India after a mob vandalised a hospital where a female trainee doctor was raped and murdered in West Bengal state.

The hospital was attacked on Wednesday during the massive Reclaim the Night march held in Kolkata city to protest against the brutal crime.

Smaller protests were also held in many other Indian cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) - the country's largest grouping of doctors - has announced a nationwide strike of non-emergency services on Saturday.

Doctor's associations in other cities and political parties in West Bengal have also planned marches on Friday and over the weekend to protest against the attack.

Tens of thousands of women across the state participated in the Reclaim the Night march on Wednesday night to demand "independence to live in freedom and without fear".

Though the protests were largely peaceful, clashes erupted between the police and a small group of unidentified men who barged into the RG Kar Hospital - the site of the crime - and ransacked its emergency ward.

Videos circulated online showed the men smashing beds and equipment with sticks.

Protesters told the BBC that some doctors and hospital staff were injured in the attack. Some police vehicles were also damaged in the chaos and tear gas had to be used to disperse the crowd.

The Kolkata police have arrested 19 people in connection with the incident so far.


www.bbc.com

Kolkata rape and murder: Protests intensify after mob vandalises hospital

India's largest association of doctors announces a nationwide strike of non-emergency services on Saturday.
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Some News outlets are reporting that the main ringleaders of this incident already left the country. Some real big names involved. Will wait for more credible sources on this.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Yes. And these are the reported ones. Imagine the number of cases which are not reported. UP would be number 1 in that category.

www.statista.com

India: reported rape cases by state 2022 | Statista

Rajasthan has the highest number of reported rape cases in India in 2022. Uttar Pradesh ranked second that year with over 3,500 reported rape cases.
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The numbers should be normalized for every 100,000 population.

Under reporting is a serious problem, as 90% of such crimes are done by known people, and the honour culture means they go unreported.
 
Major said:
Having lived in that country, I am not surprised by these stories. The men there are very very very desperate and tend to stare women alot, like they are not even discrete.

Yes, rape is a problem in the whole world, but some men in India, they are next level creeps.
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You have lived in Delhi, and Delhi has this problem. Although under reporting would be less in Delhi.

Most countries which have an honour culture have this problem. So I would expect under reporting to be bigger in Pakistan, followed by Bangladesh and then Sri Lanka.

Delhi has the worst population for women. There is nothing good about those people. They think it is cool to use abuses for mothers and sisters in daily conversations. It makes them more of a man to insult women. Most uncultured people.
 
National strike held over India doctor's murder

Doctors in India have begun a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's largest grouping of doctors, said all non-essential hospital services would be shut down across the country on Saturday.

The IMA described last week's killing as a "crime of barbaric scale due to the lack of safe spaces for women" and asked for the country's support in its "struggle for justice".

Protests against the attack and calling for the better protection of women have intensified in recent days after a mob vandalised the hospital where it happened.

In a statement, the IMA said emergency and casualty services would continue to run and that the strike would last for 24 hours.

Doctors at some government hospitals announced earlier this week that they were indefinitely halting elective procedures.

The IMA also issued a list of demands including the strengthening of the law to better protect medical staff against violence, increasing the level of security at hospitals and the creation of safe spaces for rest.

It called for a "meticulous and professional investigation" into the killing and the prosecution of those involved in vandalising, as well as compensation for the woman's family.

The rape of the 31-year-old female trainee doctor has shocked the country.

Her half-naked body bearing extensive injuries was discovered in a seminar hall at R G Kar Medical College last week after she was reported to have gone there to rest during her shift.

A volunteer who worked at the hospital has been arrested in connection with the crime.

The case has been transferred from local police to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following criticism at the lack of progress.

More incidents of rape have made headlines in India since the woman's death and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that "monstrous behaviour against women should be severely and quickly punished".

The woman's rape and killing has sparked a political blame game in West Bengal, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the governing Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) of orchestrating the attack.

The TMC has refuted the allegation and has blamed "political outsiders" for stoking the violence.

Tens of thousands of women across West Bengal participated in the Reclaim the Night march on Wednesday night to demand "independence to live in freedom and without fear".

Though the protests were largely peaceful, clashes erupted between the police and a small group of unidentified men who barged into the RG Kar Hospital - the site of the crime - and ransacked its emergency ward.

At least 25 people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

Protests have also been held in many other Indian cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

"It feels like hope is being reignited," one demonstrator, Sumita Datta, told the AFP news agency as thousands of people marched through the streets of Kolkata on Friday.

BBC
 
Unless the punishments are made deterrent in nature , nothing can be acheived. This culprit needs to be stoned to death.
 
Major said:
Having lived in that country, I am not surprised by these stories. The men there are very very very desperate and tend to stare women alot, like they are not even discrete.

Yes, rape is a problem in the whole world, but some men in India, they are next level creeps.
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As if Pakistani men do not stare at women?


I am angry. All the time. I’ve been angry for years. Ever since I began to grasp the staggering extent of violence — emotional, mental and physical — against women in Pakistan. Women here, all 100 million of us, exist in collective fury.

“Every day, I am reminded of a reason I shouldn’t exist,” my 19-year-old friend recently told me in a cafe in Islamabad. When she gets into an Uber, she sits right behind the driver so that he can’t reach back and grab her. We agreed that we would jump out of a moving car if that ever happened. We debated whether pepper spray was better than a knife.

When I step outside, I step into a country of men who stare. I could be making the short walk from my car to the bookstore or walking through the aisles at the supermarket. I could be wrapped in a shawl or behind two layers of face mask. But I will be followed by searing eyes, X-raying me. Because here, it is culturally acceptable for men to gape at women unblinkingly, as if we are all in a staring contest that nobody told half the population about, a contest hinged on a subtle form of psychological violence.

“Wolves,” my friend, Maryam, called them, as she recounted the time a man grazed her shoulder as he sped by on a motorbike. “From now on, I am going to stare back, make them uncomfortable.” Maryam runs a company that takes tourists to the mountainous north. “People are shocked to see a woman leading tours on her own,” she told me.

We exchanged hiking stories. We had never encountered a solo female hiker up north. When I hike solo, men, apart from their usual leering, offer unsolicited advice, ask patronizing questions and, on occasion, follow in silence. I pretend to receive a call from my imaginary husband who happens to be nearby and wants to know exactly where I am. Even in the wilderness, you can’t escape.

Years ago, a friend told me about the time her dad beat her up after he saw her talking to a boy outside school. It wasn’t the first time. Until she left for college in the United States, she lived in constant terror of when the next wave of violence would arrive. Her mother stood by and let it happen.
www.nytimes.com

Opinion | When I Step Outside, I Step Into a Country of Men Who Stare (Published 2020)

Pakistan fails its women from the very top of government leadership to those who live in our homes.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

However, thats not the point. There are creeps everywhere in the world, but moreso in our part of the world- mainly because lack of sexual education & segregation of sexes since birth. Also an ingrained patriarchal, chauvinistic attitude that you can get away with anything with regards to treatment of women.
 
Patients turned away as doctors hold mass strike in India over rape and murder of trainee medic

Patients are being turned away from hospitals and clinics across India as more than a million doctors are set to join a strike in protest at the rape and murder of a trainee medic.

The 24-hour strike began at 6am local time (1.30am UK time) with non-emergency treatment such as outpatient appointments and elective procedures cancelled, said the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

The mass walkout paralysed hospitals as staff from medical colleges were drafted in to help with emergency cases.

The strike was triggered by the killing of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, whose body was found on 9 August at the college where she worked in Kolkata.

A police volunteer was arrested but the victim's family believe it was a gang rape and that more people were involved.

The case has drawn comparisons with the notorious rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi in 2012.

People demonstrated near parliament in the capital on Friday - as well as cities including Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai - calling for tougher sentences and guarantees of safety for doctors.

The facility where the doctor was killed, the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was attacked on Wednesday.

"Doctors, especially women are vulnerable to violence because of the nature of the profession," said the IMA in a statement on X.

"It is for the authorities to provide for the safety of doctors inside hospitals and campuses."

Sexual violence against women and girls is a widespread problem in India with 31,516 reports of rape in 2022 - a 20% increase on 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

Many are believed to go unreported due to a stigma over sexual assault and a lack of faith in the police.

The medical college case is being handled by India's central bureau of investigation after state government officers were accused of mishandling the case.

SKY NEWS
 
Mockingbird said:
As if Pakistani men do not stare at women?


I am angry. All the time. I’ve been angry for years. Ever since I began to grasp the staggering extent of violence — emotional, mental and physical — against women in Pakistan. Women here, all 100 million of us, exist in collective fury.

“Every day, I am reminded of a reason I shouldn’t exist,” my 19-year-old friend recently told me in a cafe in Islamabad. When she gets into an Uber, she sits right behind the driver so that he can’t reach back and grab her. We agreed that we would jump out of a moving car if that ever happened. We debated whether pepper spray was better than a knife.

When I step outside, I step into a country of men who stare. I could be making the short walk from my car to the bookstore or walking through the aisles at the supermarket. I could be wrapped in a shawl or behind two layers of face mask. But I will be followed by searing eyes, X-raying me. Because here, it is culturally acceptable for men to gape at women unblinkingly, as if we are all in a staring contest that nobody told half the population about, a contest hinged on a subtle form of psychological violence.

“Wolves,” my friend, Maryam, called them, as she recounted the time a man grazed her shoulder as he sped by on a motorbike. “From now on, I am going to stare back, make them uncomfortable.” Maryam runs a company that takes tourists to the mountainous north. “People are shocked to see a woman leading tours on her own,” she told me.

We exchanged hiking stories. We had never encountered a solo female hiker up north. When I hike solo, men, apart from their usual leering, offer unsolicited advice, ask patronizing questions and, on occasion, follow in silence. I pretend to receive a call from my imaginary husband who happens to be nearby and wants to know exactly where I am. Even in the wilderness, you can’t escape.

Years ago, a friend told me about the time her dad beat her up after he saw her talking to a boy outside school. It wasn’t the first time. Until she left for college in the United States, she lived in constant terror of when the next wave of violence would arrive. Her mother stood by and let it happen.
www.nytimes.com

Opinion | When I Step Outside, I Step Into a Country of Men Who Stare (Published 2020)

Pakistan fails its women from the very top of government leadership to those who live in our homes.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

However, thats not the point. There are creeps everywhere in the world, but moreso in our part of the world- mainly because lack of sexual education & segregation of sexes since birth. Also an ingrained patriarchal, chauvinistic attitude that you can get away with anything with regards to treatment of women.
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Having lived in both countries. Yes pakistani do stare but there is still some decency in pakistan.

In india, eveb if u stare back at the guy staring at your mother or your wife, they still wont care and keep on staring.

Atleast in pakistan, if you star back at the person, the person than bothers to hide his gaze.
 
Hitman said:
Yes, India has a big rape problem. And it's not something new here.
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Rape is a horrible, horrible thing. You completely ruin the life of a person and her family and the whole society becomes unsafe. But I don’t understand when you rape a person, why do you kill that person also? We see some rape cases here in Norway as well but it’s mostly rape and not murder in addition.
 
IAJ said:
Rape is a horrible, horrible thing. You completely ruin the life of a person and her family and the whole society becomes unsafe. But I don’t understand when you rape a person, why do you kill that person also? We see some rape cases here in Norway as well but it’s mostly rape and not murder in addition.
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Perhaps the culprits believe they'll be able to get away with it if they kill the girl. Let's face it, someone who can rape and destroy the life of an innocent poor girl can kill her as well. Afterall, conscience is not something they have.
 
IAJ said:
Rape is a horrible, horrible thing. You completely ruin the life of a person and her family and the whole society becomes unsafe. But I don’t understand when you rape a person, why do you kill that person also? We see some rape cases here in Norway as well but it’s mostly rape and not murder in addition.
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In this case the murder was possibly preplanned, and the rape was probably a cover up.
 
Major said:
Having lived in both countries. Yes pakistani do stare but there is still some decency in pakistan.

In india, eveb if u stare back at the guy staring at your mother or your wife, they still wont care and keep on staring.

Atleast in pakistan, if you star back at the person, the person than bothers to hide his gaze.
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Which cities in India have you lived in?
 
IAJ said:
Rape is a horrible, horrible thing. You completely ruin the life of a person and her family and the whole society becomes unsafe. But I don’t understand when you rape a person, why do you kill that person also? We see some rape cases here in Norway as well but it’s mostly rape and not murder in addition.
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Most of the rapes that happen in the western world are cases where there was no consent during dating, and assault followed by murder is rare.

In india, non consensual assault after both are drunk during dating would be rare, and may even go unreported. It is the culture of the way men are brought up, which I see first hand in Delhi region. And bollywood, which has been glamourising sexual harassment as harmless "eve teasing", especially by the hero of the movie.

Also the media reports cases of sexual assault with voyeuristic detail, not meant to disgust but to titillate the reader.

Doesn't matter how much your GDP is and you becoming X trillion economy. If there is a culture where women cannot have both dignity and freedom, then it is worthless.
 

Father suspects Kolkata doctor was not killed in seminar hall amid renovation row​


The father of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has indicated that his daughter might have been killed in some other room and then her body was brought to the seminar hall. The remark comes amid allegations that the renovation near the third-floor seminar hall of the chest department in the emergency building of the hospital was ordered to destroy vital evidence.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the victim's father said, "We found lapses by the police and informed the CBI. We now doubt if she was murdered in the seminar hall. It might be that she was killed elsewhere."

However, the father of the 31-year-old doctor, who was found in a semi-naked state with multiple wounds on her body on August 9, said he had faith in the CBI investigation and demanded the harshest punishment for the accused.

"I want action to be taken against the hospital department. We have faith in the investigative team," he said.

"One of my daughters is gone, but I feel that thousands of crores of my sons and daughters are on the streets right now. There is a movement on this from Bangladesh to the entire world. We want justice," the victim's father said.

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court also questioned the Bengal government about the "urgency" of renovation work near the crime scene.

Reacting to it, the state government told the court that the allegations were not correct, and renovation was being done to build a restroom for doctors.

The allegations that there was a bid to destroy the crime scene gained credance after a violent mob stormed the hospital premises on Wednesday night and vandalised the emergency ward of the main building, a ward on the first floor and the ENT department on the second floor -- one below the crime scene.

On Friday, the parents of the doctor told the CBI that several interns and physicians from the hospital might be involved in the crime, PTI reported.

"The parents told us that they suspect the involvement of multiple persons behind the murder of their daughter. They have given names of a few interns and doctors who worked with her at the hospital," a CBI officer said.

www.indiatoday.in

Father suspects Kolkata doctor was not killed in seminar hall amid renovation row

Renovation work after the incident near the seminar room where the doctor's body was found has triggered
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Major said:
Having lived in both countries. Yes pakistani do stare but there is still some decency in pakistan.

In india, eveb if u stare back at the guy staring at your mother or your wife, they still wont care and keep on staring.

Atleast in pakistan, if you star back at the person, the person than bothers to hide his gaze.
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How long and in which Indian cities have you lived in? I am from Mumbai and while there are creeps here too, nothing like what you are mentioning. My then-gf (now my wife) and sister travelled late at night back from work, but never mentioned any serious cases of eve teasing.
 
Mockingbird said:
How long and in which Indian cities have you lived in? I am from Mumbai and while there are creeps here too, nothing like what you are mentioning.
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I think Mumbai is a gentle city compared to Gujarat, Delhi, and other parts of North India. Correct me if I am wrong.
 
I think foreign women should stop visiting India if they are planning to travel alone.

That Brazilian woman was raped by multiple Indian men not long ago.
 
sweep_shot said:
I think Mumbai is a gentle city compared to Gujarat, Delhi, and other parts of North India. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Delhi/ NCR has a bad rep for sure compared to other cities & Mumbai is the safest. Gujarat & the other cities/states are generally not that bad, so I don’t understand why Major is generalising the whole country based on his few experiences.
 
Mockingbird said:
Delhi/ NCR has a bad rep for sure compared to other cities & Mumbai is the safest. Gujarat & the other cities/states are generally not that bad, so I don’t understand why Major is generalising the whole country based on his few experiences.
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U have pointed out half the population in pak in Ur ny article .major will try to point out every one in india.
 
Indian doctors strike over rape and murder of colleague

Doctors in India have held a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.

More than a million were expected to join the strikes, as hospitals and clinics across the country turned away non-emergency patients.

The IMA described last week's killing as a "crime of barbaric scale due to the lack of safe spaces for women" and asked for the country's support in its "struggle for justice".

Protests against the attack and calling for the better protection of women have intensified in recent days after a mob vandalised the hospital where it happened.

In a statement, the IMA said emergency and casualty services would continue to run. The strike ended at 06:00 local time on Sunday (00:30 GMT).

The association's president, R. V. Asokan, told the BBC doctors have been suffering and protesting against violence for years, but that this incident was "qualitatively different".

If such a crime can happen in a medical college in a major city, it shows "everywhere doctors are unsafe", he said.

Doctors at some government hospitals announced earlier this week that they were indefinitely halting elective procedures.

The IMA also issued a list of demands including the strengthening of the law to better protect medical staff against violence, increasing the level of security at hospitals and the creation of safe spaces for rest.

It called for a "meticulous and professional investigation" into the killing and the prosecution of those involved in vandalising, as well as compensation for the woman's family.

The rape of the 31-year-old female trainee doctor has shocked the country.

Her half-naked body bearing extensive injuries was discovered in a seminar hall at R G Kar Medical College last week after she was reported to have gone there to rest during her shift.

A volunteer who worked at the hospital has been arrested in connection with the crime.

The case has been transferred from local police to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following criticism at the lack of progress.

More incidents of rape have made headlines in India since the woman's death and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that "monstrous behaviour against women should be severely and quickly punished".

The woman's rape and killing has sparked a political blame game in West Bengal, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the governing Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) of orchestrating the attack.

The TMC has refuted the allegation and has blamed "political outsiders" for stoking the violence.

Tens of thousands of women across West Bengal participated in the Reclaim the Night march on Wednesday night to demand "independence to live in freedom and without fear".

Though the protests were largely peaceful, clashes erupted between the police and a small group of unidentified men who barged into the RG Kar Hospital - the site of the crime - and ransacked its emergency ward.

At least 25 people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

Protests have also been held in many other Indian cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

"It feels like hope is being reignited," one demonstrator, Sumita Datta, told the AFP news agency as thousands of people marched through the streets of Kolkata on Friday.

BBC
 
West Bengal has become new Afghanistan under mamata rule… TMC workers are nothing but goonds and hooligans… if they commits any crime, then TMC government by using police force destroys evidences. We have seen this in minister cum rapist shahjahan case and in this case
 
Why hasn't the college chancellor resigned for decieving the parents and trying to pass it off as suicide ?
 
After brutal rape of Kolkata lady doctor, her hospital doctor friends were protesting over it. TMC goons attacked them and vandalised hospital ward to destroy evidence. These india alliance leaders called Modiji a decorator… After 2014 India have seen farmer protest, athletes protest etc. some of these protests run for 6months, some 12 months, but BJP government never used any force on thaws protest nor did by BJP workers. Now who is a real dictator?
 
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder

Supreme Court on Sunday took suo motu cognizance of the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter on Tuesday.

News18
 

'Educate You Son, Husband, Brothers, Father': Suryakumar Yadav's Hard-Hitting Post Amid Outrage Over Kolkata Rape Case​


Amid the ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata, India’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav has sent a strong message to the society. The ace batter has urged people to educate the males in the family. Notably, not many sports stars have come forward and expressed their thoughts on the issue and Suryakumar happens to be the first active Indian cricketer to speak up.

The first line of his Instagram post reads ‘Protect your daughter’, which has been replaced with ‘Educate your son’. The below lines include brothers, fathers, husband, men, and friends, indicating that the males in the society need to be educated.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has condemned the incident and called for severe punishment for the culprits.

“I told that last Sunday, I don’t know how it was construed or was interpreted. I have said it earlier also, it’s a terrible thing. Now CBI, police are investigating the matter. It’s very shameful what has happened. I hope that the CBI, who are investigating the matter, once they find the culprit strict punishment should be given. The punishment should be such that no one dares to commit such a crime again in their life. That is important. Punishment has to be severe,” Sourav Ganguly was quoted as saying by PTI.

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'Educate You Son, Husband, Brothers, Father': Suryakumar Yadav's Hard-Hitting Post Amid Outrage Over Kolkata Rape Case - News18

Notably, not many sports stars have come forward and expressed their thoughts on the issue and Suryakumar happens to be the first active Indian cricketer to speak up.
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Mockingbird said:
Yeah it is all the Central Govt fault, the state govt who actually control the law and order in the state are blameless.
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It’s a national issue . When you have heard numerous bjp members actually calling for rape it’s shows an underlying problem in the society .
 
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