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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Kolkata: Junior doctors at RG Kar Hospital began a fast unto death on Saturday, protesting the rape and murder of a colleague and claiming the West Bengal government failed to meet their demands. They had started a sit-in at Kolkata's Dorina Crossing on Friday,

"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,

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.

The doctors had on Friday begun a sit-in at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala, setting a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands as promised.