Elderly woman dies after falling ill at Kolkata anti-CAA stir

An elderly woman, who was part of ongoing demonstration by women against CAA and proposed nationwide NRC at Park Circus Maidan here, died on Sunday after falling ill, police said.

57-year-old woman fell unconscious at protest site around 2 am and was taken to a nearby hospital, y said. Samida Khatun, a resident of Entally area, died at hospital after sometime, police said. Around 60 women have been staging protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Park Circus Maidan, on lines of Shaheen Bagh agigation in Delhi.

woman's last rites will be performed later in day after her son arrives from Iran, a fellow protestor said.

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