‘Reclaim The Night’: How Rimjhim Sinha’s FB Post On Kolkata Horror Garnered Momentum

Kolkata: gruesome rape and murder incident of a female trainee PG doctor, which took place at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has shaken nation prompting a massive uproar across country. Shaken by horrific crime, Rimjhim Sinha, who is a former sociology researcher from Kolkata’s Presidency University, decided to organise a protest on August 14, ‘ Night Is Ours’, through her social media account - Facebook - garnering huge attention on her post. Women in large numbers expressed ir support for her post and agreed to join Rimjhim Sinha in protest.

aim of organising protest was to show that while India got independence on intervening night of August 14-15, women still don't have true independence here. After her call, thousands of people from marginalised sections reportedly participated in protest on Wednesday night.

Rimjhim Sinha's Post Garnered Overwhelming Response On Facebook

On brutal rape and murder incident, Rimjhim Sinha decided to post her thoughts in a Facebook post wanting to organise a protest against crime on August 14, to which many Facebook users resonated with her thoughts resulting making her post go viral.

Rimjhim’s post on Facebook garnered a lot of attention from women. In her post, she called for every person who belonged to a marginalised gender community to come forth and celebrate ir independence.

Her post received an overwhelming response receiving millions of likes and comments. Rimjhim has now planned to take movement forward with several demands for women’s safety.

semi-nude body of woman PGT doctor, a second-year student in chest medicine department, was found inside seminar hall of hospital on Friday. She was on duty on Thursday night, and her body bore multiple injury marks. preliminary autopsy report indicated sexual abuse before her murder, leing her far to allege that she was raped and killed inside hospital.

re were strikes and protests by junior doctors, trainees and medical students in various parts of country on Tuesday, affecting healthcare services.

Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered that investigation should be transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). HC rapped West Bengal government and observed that protesting doctors were hurt and justified in expressing ir emotions. Students of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital expressed that y were fine with case being transferred to CBI, but y wanted a judicial inquiry.