Kolkata Doctor's Family Joins 'Reclaim The Night' Campaign, Accuse Of Police Of 'Cover Up'

The aunt of Kolkata doctor who was raped and murdered last month accused the police of suppressing evidence in connection with the case.

Protestors hit streets in Kolkata on Sunday night demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and killed last month.

Source : PTI

The family of a Kolkata doctor who was raped and murdered last month joined the 'Reclaim the Night' protests on Sunday as the campaign rocked the city demanding justice for the victim. During the protests, the family made fresh claims against the police alleging them of suppressing evidence in connection with the case. 

Addressing a gathering of protestors in Jadavpur, the trainee doctor's aunt said that the police and administration were trying to cover up the incident, reported India Today. 

"Why are they always ever ready to suppress evidence? Her parents waited for three to four hours to see the body. They were not allowed to enter that room (seminar hall)," the aunt said.

She said that hundreds of people were going and coming out of the room but her family members were not allowed to go inside. " It has been one month since the heinous incident. Why was everything done in a hurry? If the police and administration are doing such things, then whom will we approach," she said. 

The aunt said she would always back the protesting doctors and urged them to continue their protest till justice is served. 

The victim's father, who choked up while addressing the protestors said that her daughter's death shattered the family. "That incident finished everything. Within one day, our lives and dreams were shattered," he said, while some people on the stage consoled him. 

He asked the protesting doctors to "stand with me till a solution is reached."  

The trainee doctor's mother demanded the arrest of all the culprits in the case and said earlier she had one child but now all the protesting medics are her children. "Whenever I think about the torment, the pain experienced by my daughter on that night, I shudder. She had dreams to serve the society, Now, all these protesters are all my children," she said. 

Thousands of people from all walks of life converged on the streets of Kolkata on Sunday night to demand justice for the victim doctor who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. 

Hundreds of junior doctors from the hospital formed a human chain on Sunday evening, a day ahead when the matter is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court.