Senior doctors march to Kolkata Police headquarters after notice over social media posts
Will intensify protest if attempts are made to stifle ‘demands seeking justice’, said one of the protesting doctors
Senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami appeared before the police in connection with posts they shared on social media over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Photo: iStock
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Kolkata, Aug 19
Senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami appeared before the police on Monday afternoon in connection with posts they shared on social media over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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Sarkar and Goswami reached the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lal Bazar and led a march with doctors.
The procession that began at Calcutta Medical College was stopped by the police near the Phears Lane-BB Ganguly Street crossing, and the two doctors were escorted to the police headquarters.
They were asked by the police to appear before it for the posts they shared on social media.
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“We want justice for that young doctor, and we have not committed any crime,” Sarkar said.
A protesting doctor, Manas Gumta, said medics would intensify the stir if attempts were made to stifle the “demands seeking justice”.
Sarkar and Goswami were accused of spreading misinformation and disclosing the identity of the postgraduate trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and killed while on duty at the hospital.
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