Kolkata: Hundreds of alumni from various all-girls schools in Sodepur, including the alma mater of the 31-year-old second-year post-graduate trainee doctor from R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, took to the streets in protest on Saturday afternoon. The former students demanded immediate punishment for those responsible for her brutal rape and murder . The incident has sparked outrage across the country, with former students uniting to call for swift justice .
The procession was taken out from Sodepur’s Bijaypur Town Club and crossed over 4 km stretches via Sodepur HB Town More off Sodepur-Barasat Road to reach the victim’s house at Sodepur. Though the girls were holding posters, banners and placards with “We Want Justice” slogans during their protest rally , they also held a silent march while approaching the victim’s Sodepur neighbourhood. “She was a girl with dreams in her eyes.
We know how she had fought her way through the financial hardships of the family to complete her school, college and then manage a seat at top medical colleges all on her own. She had cracked both engineering and medical in Joint Entrance Examinations and was selected to study for MBBS at two state-run medical colleges. The monsters, who raped and murdered our friend, should be hanged to death immediately,” said Sangjukta Mukherjee, a former student of Sodepur Chandrachur Vidyapith for Girls.
According to her school sources, she had scored over 90% marks in Madhyamik and 89% marks .