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Police fire teargas at protesters over Kolkata doctor's rape, murder

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-27T19:22:36.991544+05:30

- Hundreds march in Kolkata demanding minister's resignation after trainee doctor's rape and murder - Police use teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters who broke through barricades - Junior doctors launch nationwide protests, refusing non-emergency patients - Supreme Court creates hospital safety task force, urges doctors to return to work - Opposition accuses state government of suppressing incident, ruling party blames 'lawlessness' Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-police-fire-teargas-hundreds-protesting-over-kolkata-doctors-rape-murder-2024-08-27/)

Hundreds march in Kolkata demanding minister's resignation after trainee doctor's rape and murder
Police use teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters who broke through barricades
Junior doctors launch nationwide protests, refusing non-emergency patients
Supreme Court creates hospital safety task force, urges doctors to return to work
Opposition accuses state government of suppressing incident, ruling party blames 'lawlessness'

Source: Reuters