Tensions Rise in Kolkata Amid Medics' Protest

Around 29 people were detained in Kolkata from a Durga Puja marquee for distributing leaflets protesting the RG Kar hospital incident. The police claimed they were expressing solidarity with medics, but junior doctors disagreed, demanding their colleagues' release, intensifying protests across the city.

Tensions escalated in Kolkata as police detained 29 individuals from a bustling Durga Puja venue, accusing them of distributing leaflets related to the ongoing junior doctors' protests for justice for the RG Kar hospital incident.

The group, believed to be supporting the medics, was taken to the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar, sparking further protests by junior doctors who claimed their colleagues were unlawfully detained. Demonstrations intensified when protestors were stopped by police on Bentinck Street.

Rallying for immediate release, the medics staged a sit-in demanding answers and expressing outrage over the perceived injustice, while security was increased around Lalbazar to manage the protests.

(With inputs from agencies.)