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Kolkata rape and murder case live: Doctors call for nationwide strike as protests swell

By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar,

10 hours ago

West Bengal chief minister leads protest in Kolkata demanding death penalty for those accused in rape and murder of 31-year-old doctor at capital Kolkata’s RG Kar medical college

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