One Year of RG Kar Tragedy: Protest erupts, police resort to lathicharge

August 9, 2025

Kolkata Police lathicharged protesters at Park Street crossing in central Kolkata during a march to the West Bengal secretariat Nabanna. The march was taken out on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the government RG Kar Hospital.

Ignoring police warnings not to proceed beyond the Rani Rashmoni Road meeting venue, protesters tried to break barricades to move towards Vidyasagar Setu. This made the atmosphere tense.

During this time, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, along with BJP leader Agnimitra Paul and other BJP MLAs, sat on a dharna at the Park Street-JL Nehru Road crossing. Alleged that more than 100 protesters, including BJP leaders, were injured in police action.

Adhikari also claimed that the parents of the RG Kar victim were injured during the lathicharge. Adhikari warned, “Mamata Banerjee will have to pay a heavy price for this. This protest is going to get even bigger in the future.” Suvendu Adhikari’s claim – BJP MLAs were lathi-charged

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has claimed that during the march to the Bengal Secretariat, the police lathi-charged the BJP MLAs. During this uproar, the parents of the RG Kar victim were also injured. It is reported that BJP leaders Adhikari and Agnimitra Paul have sat on a dharna there in protest against the police action.

Police trying to stop us from reaching the meeting place: Victim’s father

On the other hand, the victim’s father alleged, “The police is not cooperating with us despite the High Court allowing us to hold a peaceful protest rally.” He said, “The police tried to stop people from reaching the meeting place by stopping their vehicles at various places on the way.”

Earlier, under the ‘Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan’, the protesters raised slogans demanding justice for the RG Kar victim and vowed to reach the state secretariat regardless of the barricades put up by the police.