RG Kar Doctor Death: Arch-Rivals East Bengal, Mohun Bagan Fans Unite To Protest Outside Salt Lake Stadium

Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: Fans of rival Kolkata football clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan came together to protest outside the Salt Lake Stadium.

Supporters of football clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan take part in a protest march against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor, near Salt Lake stadium, in Kolkata, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024

Source : PTI

Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: In a rare sight, fans of rival Kolkata football clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan came together to protest together on the streets outside the Salt Lake Stadium against the rape and murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata even as the city police tried to stop them from marching. Notably, arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan were scheduled to faceoff in a group-stage Durand Cup fixture at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan- the Salt Lake Stadium.

The match was cancelled owing to potential security issues that could arise amid the massive protests happening in the city after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College that has shaken the entire country.

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The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate said that the match had been cancelled as they anticipated that some attempts coud be made by some organisations to create disturbances in the stadium while the match happens. Even as the match was cancelled by the Durand Cup organising committee, heavy police deployment was made outside the stadium, in anticipation of protests which did happen.

#WATCH | Football fans stage a protest near Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The Durand Cup match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal scheduled to be held today was cancelled. pic.twitter.com/3OyqhcIXrR

— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2024

Kolkata Police has even made some detentions of football fans who were protesting outside the stadium. Slogans like "We want justice" were being shouted as fans of both the clubs, kept their traditional rivarly aside and came together to join the doctors' protest.

#WATCH | West Bengal: Police detains football fans protesting against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

(Visuals from Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium) pic.twitter.com/De1WJtccrp

— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2024

VIDEO | Protest continues outside Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium over a junior doctor’s rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/dv5TRARJn4)#KolkataDoctorDeath #KolkataDoctorCase #Doctors_on_strike pic.twitter.com/Ak9gQKpKwq

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 18, 2024

Section 163 Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Imposed In And Around The Stadium

Meanwhile, it is being learnt that section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) has been imposed in and around the stadium. The same will be in place from 4 pm to midnight on Sunday (August 18) to stop anyunwanted law and order situation amid the already tensed circumstances.