Kolkata Doctor Death Case: Sundarbans Women Stage Unique 'River Protest' — IN PICS

In a powerful display of solidarity, the working women of Bali Island in the Sundarbans have taken to the river to protest the brutal murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital.

Kolkata Doctor Death Case: Mothers Of Sundarbans' Bali Island Lead River Protest Over Brutal Rape, Murder

Protest on a Boat in Bengal's Sundarbans over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. (Image Source: ABP News)

The working women of the Vidyadhari river basin in the Gosaba block of the Sundarbans, who earn their livelihood by fishing and catching crabs in the forest, are staging a unique protest. (Image Source: ABP News)

Prominent local philanthropists Satyavan Patra, Pramila Mridha, and Bidhan Mandal encouraged the women to hold this protest on the river. (Image Source: ABP News)

The island has 15 villages with about 37,000 inhabitants. Fishing, honey collection, and farming are their main occupations. (Image Source: ABP News)

The RG Kar MCH incident that occurred on August 9 sparked widespread protests by doctors and citizens across the nation. (Image Source: ABP News)

The Calcutta High Court subsequently ordered the CBI to investigate the rape and murder of the trainee doctor. (Image Source: ABP News)

Kolkata Police civic volunteer Sanjay Roy was arrested and has been the only one so far in the case. (Image Source: ABP News)

The CBI has conducted polygraph tests, DNA tests, and questioned several people. The agency is said to be in the final phases of its investigation in the case.