LGBT community marches in solidarity with killed doctor in eastern India

WEST BENGAL: Members of the LGBT community in eastern India’s Siliguri city organised a protesting march on Saturday (August 31) in solidarity with a doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata city.

Protesters demanded justice for the victim and demanded stricter laws for the protection of women and the LGBT community.

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The August 9 attack on the 31-year-old doctor has caused nationwide outrage, similar to the widespread protests witnessed after a 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi, with campaigners saying women continue to suffer from high levels of sexual violence despite tougher laws.

A police volunteer has been arrested for the crime and the federal police have taken over the investigation.