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Kolkata:Police used tear gas and water cannons to dispel thousands of protesters marching towards state secretariat Nabanna in Howrah Tuesday to demand justice for the junior doctor raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar hospital on 9 August...
Police personnel and protesters clashed at several places, including the Kolkata end of the iconic Howrah Bridge, which left several officers injured...
Police vans were also seen carting off multiple protesters as they attempted to break through barricades en route Nabanna, which is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees office...
The call for Tuesdays Nabanna Abhijan was given by student bodyPaschim Banga Chhatra Samaj, and theSangrami Joutha Mancha, which advocates for state dearness allowance (DA) to be brought at par with that of central government employees. t Police deployment at Hastings, Kolkata | Sreyashi Dey | ThePrint ..
Mamata was at the state secretariat the whole day monitoring the situation as additional forces were deployed later in the day to push back protesters in Howrah...
