Scenes from Kolkata as protests over doctor's rape-murder rage on

Kolkata: In the nearly two weeks since the rape-and-murder at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital came to light, the city’s residents have taken to the streets almost everyday to express their anger at the brutality of the incident, ‘reclaim the nights’, demand justice for the victim, and share their anguish.

The postmortem report of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who has been named Abhaya by people, found murdered at RG Kar on 9 August indicates she was inflicted with 16 external injuries and 9 internal injuries, and points towards possible “sexual assault”.

Questions have been raised questions about the lapses in security at the hospital, handling of the body, and attempts to hush it up as a suicide case, among others. The Supreme Court Tuesday grilled the West Bengal government for the alleged lapses on the part of police in the “shocking” incident as well as its failure to provide adequate security to “crime scene” that was vandalised by a mob.