{"id":427805,"date":"2024-08-29T07:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T02:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=427805"},"modified":"2024-08-29T07:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T02:44:52","slug":"protesters-block-train-tracks-buses-in-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/protesters-block-train-tracks-buses-in-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters block train tracks, buses in West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor\u2019s rape and murder<br \/>\nThe BJP, which is in opposition in West Bengal, calls for a strike to protest against alleged police atrocities.<br \/>\n KOLKATA<br \/>\nProtesters blocked train tracks, stopped buses and shouted slogans in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday, the latest in a series of protests that have rocked the state since the rape and murder of a trainee doctor.<br \/>\nPolice fired tear-gas and water cannon to disperse protesters marching towards the state secretariat on Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in opposition in the state, to call for a 12-hour state-wide strike on Wednesday, to protest against what it said were police atrocities.<br \/>\nThousands of protesters, most of them BJP workers, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced shops to shut down on Wednesday, while authorities braced for more protests through the day.<br \/>\nA top police official said 5,000 police personnel were deployed to quell any violence across West Bengal.<br \/>\nThe protesters on Tuesday, many of them university students, were demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a staunch opponent of Modi, for her handling of Aug. 9 rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in a government-run hospital in the state capital, Kolkata.<br \/>\nThe attack on the 31-year-old doctor has caused nationwide outrage, similar to the widespread protests witnessed after a 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi, with campaigners saying women continue to suffer from high levels of sexual violence despite tougher laws.<br \/>\nA police volunteer has been arrested for the crime and the federal police have taken over the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor\u2019s rape and murder The BJP, which is in opposition in West Bengal, calls for a strike to protest against alleged police atrocities. 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