Kolkata Rape Case: On Monday, the Supreme Court directed the striking medics to resume their duties by 5pm on Tuesday to avoid adverse action by the West Bengal government. The court passed the direction after the West Bengal government assured it that no action, including punitive transfers, shall be taken against the protesting doctors if they resume work.
Meanwhile, rallies were taken out in different parts of the metropolis as part of an event termed ‘9-9-9’, with people assembling for nine minutes when the clock struck 9 on Monday evening, demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital doctor.
Singing the national anthem, hundreds gathered for nine minutes at Shyambazar, Esplanade, New Town, Jadavpur 8B terminus, apart from Bally and Mandirtala in neighbouring Howrah town.
The striking doctors said they would also take out a rally to ‘Swasthya Bhavan’ – the headquarters of the health department in Salt Lake – on Tuesday noon demanding the resignation of the state’s health secretary and director of health education in Kolkata rape case.
“Our demands are unfulfilled and justice is not meted out to the victim. We will continue our agitation as well as the ‘cease work’. We want the health secretary and DHE to resign. Tomorrow noon, we will hold a rally to the Swasthya Bhavan,” quoted one of the protesting doctors as saying after their governing body meeting in Kolkata on Monday.
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