Protesters hit with tear gas, water

Crowd demands resignation over handling of probe into doctor's rape, killing

- BIKAS DAS

A man is clubbed Tuesday by a baton-wielding police officer in Kolkata while protesting about the vulnerability of health-care workers across India.

Police in India fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country’s east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor this month.

The Aug. 9 killing of the 31-yearold physician while on duty at Kolkata city’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital triggered protests across India, focusing on the chronic issue of violence against women in the country. Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal state.