Doctors to hold ‘reclaim the night’ event on 1st anniversary of RG Kar rape case

KOLKATA: West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, an umbrella body of different associations of junior doctors in the state, who had been spearheading the movement against R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy in August last year, will organise a "reclaim the night program", on Tuesday midnight, to observe the first anniversary of the incident.

However, the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front office bearers claimed that they would not be participating in the "March to State Secretary" rally on the same issue on Wednesday, which though apolitical, has been convened by the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.

The parents of the deceased woman doctor have already given their consent to LoP Adhikari about taking part in the "March to State Secretariat" rally.

The body of the woman junior doctor was recovered on the morning of August 9 last year at a seminar room within the premises of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata.

Speaking to the media persons on Tuesday evening, the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front office bearers claimed that the "reclaim the night" programme will start from Tuesday midnight and will continue till 4 a.m. on Wednesday. (IANS)

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