Junior doctors, medical students summoned by police ahead of RG Kar Anniversary Protest

As per a TOI media report, the protest, scheduled for August 8 and 9, is being organised to mark the one-year anniversary of the RG Kar case, where a trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered. Her half-naked body was recovered from the seminar hall of the hospital. A preliminary autopsy report had indicated sexual abuse before she was killed. Soon after the news of this horrific incident came to light, doctors across the country started a massive protest demanding justice last year. 

Among those who have received police notices is Kinjal Nanda, a prominent figure in the agitation, along with medical students from RG Kar, Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC), and Medical College Hospital, Kolkata. 

Dr. Aniket Mahata, another WBJDF leader, said, "Police now want to probe cases 10 months after the agitation at Dorina crossing. This is an effort to thwart our events."

Medical Dialogues had previously reported that after the West Bengal Junior Doctor Association (WBJDA) accused the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) of collecting and misusing funds under the pretence of seeking justice for Abhaya, seven junior doctors associated with WBJDF, the key figures in leading the agitation, were summoned by the Bidhan Nagar police. 

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