“‘Absolute failure of State Machinery’: Calcutta High Court slams West Bengal Government over violence at R G Kar Hospital”, Swarajyamag, August 16, 2024:
“The Calcutta High Court on Friday (16 August) strongly criticised the West Bengal government for the vandalism at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital late Wednesday and early Thursday, describing it as an “absolute failure of state machinery.”
A violent mob on early Thursday caused significant damages to sections of the hospital, where an on-duty woman doctor was raped and murdered on 9 August which triggered protests nationwide.
The state government informed the court that a mob of around 7,000 people had rapidly assembled at the hospital…….”
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