'Planned Attack, Cop Action A Sham': Suvendu's Letter To Centre On RG Kar Violence During Midnight Protest

Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, wrote to the Home Ministry on Thursday regarding the vandalism that took place at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and urged the government to deploy the paramilitary forces to prevent further destruction of evidence at the hospital. Adhikari was referring to the chaos that unfolded in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a group of outsiders forcibly entered the hospital premises and vandalised property and started pelting stones at the police personnel present there. Kolkata Doctor Death LIVE | Bengal Guv Interacts With Protestors At RG Kar Hospital, Cops Arrest 9 For Vandalism Sharing the copy of the letter at X, Suvendu Adhikari said the West Bengal government and the Kolkata Police have turned the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital into a stinky quagmire by allowing culprits to establish their fiefdom and then allowing TMC goons to stomp upon the whole premises to destroy evidence. The WB Govt & @KolkataPolice have turned RG Kar Medical College and Hospital into a stinky quagmire by firstly allowing culprits to establish their fiefdom of crime and now allowing TMC goons to stomp upon the whole premises to destroy evidence and scare… pic.twitter.com/5xQ5BljoGE — Suvendu Adhikari August 15, 2024 In the letter, Suvendue said, "While the mob of unruly hooligans broke the barricades set up by the police and barged into the hospital compound, with the police personnel mentioned therein being mute spectors to such acts of violence. "It was the duty of the police authorities to protect the crime scene and also provide protection to the people working and patients being treated at the said Medical College and Hospital.