"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,

Junior doctors in Kolkata protest with a fast unto death over unmet demands from the West Bengal government, coinciding with Durga Puja preparations.

Junior doctors in Kolkata are on a hunger strike in front of the state government demanding justice in the Kolkata rape-murder case.

Kolkata: After the deadline given by them to the state government got over, the junior doctors on Saturday evening had decided to go for an indefinite hunger strike. Addressing the media, a protesting doctor said that initially a team of six doctors will go for the hunger strike.

The doctors held a sit-in demonstration on Friday and had set a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands. However, as their demands were not met, they began an indefinite hungerstrike from Saturday evening.

Junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital began a hunger strike on Saturday evening, stating that their demands had not been met by the West Bengal government.