KOLKATA, India — Thousands of protesters clashed in eastern India on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiraled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals.
The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the city of Kolkata on August 9 stoked nationwide anger at the chronic problem of violence against women.That sparked strikes by physicians and rallies backed by thousands of ordinary citizens across India, although many doctors have since returned to work.
Activists wreck police barricades as they march toward the state secretariat demanding the resignation of Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of India's eastern West Bengal state, in the state capital Kolkata on Aug. 27, 2024. AFP PHOTOBut repeated protests in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state, have transformed into clashes between the state's ruling All India Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party .
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