Video: Protesters Break Barricades In Students Vs Police Showdown In Kolkata

Kolkata: In a people vs police showdown in Kolkata amid ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ protests against the brutal rape and murder case,  angry protesters broke away police barricades and chanted slogans as they were agitating over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case.

This incident took place outside Kolkata Police (Head Quarters) in Lal Bazar, Kolkata.

Ugly scenes erupted from various protest sites in Kolkata as police tried to stop angry students who were leading the march demanding chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation.  

Earlier today, the BJP called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on August 28 to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday.

The police used batons, tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd who proceeded to Nabanna.

They were demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor in a state-run hospital earlier this month.

“We are forced to give the call for a general strike as this autocratic regime is turning a deaf ear to the voices of people, the demand for justice for the deceased doctor sister. Instead of justice, Mamata Banerjee’s police are turning on the peace-loving people of the state, who only wanted a safe and secure environment for women,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said.

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