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Medic's rape, murder: Indian docs call for shutdown; protesters held
The Straits Times
|August 17, 2024
The Indian Medical Association called on doctors nationwide a figure it estimates to exceed a million to shut down all services except emergency departments for 24 hours from Aug 17 morning.
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Police in the Indian state of West Bengal on Aug 16 arrested hundreds of protesters angry over the rape and murder of a medic last week, while a doctors' association urged more than a million colleagues nationwide to stop work for a day.
Police and local officials said blockades by the protesters disrupted public transport in several parts of the state.
More than 1,500 people were detained.
Political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, also held demonstrations in the state capital Kolkata, where the crime took place.
This story is from the August 17, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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