Kolkata, Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Monday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman medic of the RG Kar hospital and workplace safety even as the state government remained silent to address their issues.

The junior doctors have alleged that Kolkata police denied permission to set up a dais at the protest site and also lathi-charged peaceful protesters.

As tensions escalated, the junior doctors alleged that Kolkata Police was preventing them from installing bio-toilets at their protest site, which they deemed

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Monday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman medic of the RG Kar hospital and workplace safety even as the state government remained silent to address their issues.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have gone on indefinite hunger strike, demanding justice from the Mamata Banerjee-led state administration. They stated that their protest would continue until their demands were met on humanitarian grounds,

Junior doctors of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front sat on a hunger strike as the government failed to meet their demands.Speaking on it, Dr Sayantani, West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, said, “Till the time our demands of justice on humanitarian grounds is not fulfilled,

Junior doctors in West Bengal began their fast unto death protest against the state government accusing it of inaction over their demands. The medics have been protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

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