With three days left before the Durga Puja festivities start, the doctors had on Friday begun a sit-in demonstration at the Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala in the heart of Kolkata, setting a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands.

Junior doctors stage a protest against the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital at their sit-in site, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct 5, 2024. The doctors on Saturday evening went on fast unto death, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.

Kolkata: After the deadline given by them to the state government got over, the junior doctors on Saturday evening had decided to go for an indefinite hunger strike. Addressing the media, a protesting doctor said that initially a team of six doctors will go for the hunger strike.

In a statement, the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front said, "We are compelled to return to a full ceasework starting from today. Unless we receive clear action from the government on safety, patient services,

Junior doctors in Kolkata are on a hunger strike in front of the state government demanding justice in the Kolkata rape-murder case.

Junior medics from various government hospitals in West Bengal, along with members of the public, participated in torch rallies across the city on Sunday, demanding justice for the murdered doctor.

"The state government has failed the deadline and hence we are starting the fast unto death, which will continue till our demands are fulfilled. To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues are holding the fast,

Agitating junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar medic showed a clock while announcing to launch a hunger strike till death if their demands were not met by the West Bengal government within 24 hours,

Junior doctors allege that the government has failed to improve the security and safety measures of hospitals.

The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.