A day after a frenzied mob vandalised the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, one of the attackers turned out to be a close confidante of Trinamool Congress councillor Sukanta Sen Sharma
The accused named Soumik Sen is a gym trainer by occupation. While speaking to TV9 Bangla, Sen said that he attacked the healthcare facility without any provocation.
He claimed to have gone to a public meeting and found a mob gathering outside the hospital. On seeing that, Sen joined hands with the attackers and carried out vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
“I had gone to a protest rally. Later, I also engaged in vandalism along with others. I have committed a mistake,” he was heard saying.
Sen said that his acquaintances, whom he regularly met at the gym, were part of the mob. In videos that went viral on social media, he was seen breaking the furniture at the emergency ward of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital with a rod.
In his defence, he claimed to have gotten emotionally carried away after seeing other vandals in action. Sen is a resident of Sinthi suburb of Kolkata. He surrendered before the police on Friday (16th August).
Mob attack on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital
On Thursday (15th August) night, a mob of 50-odd men laid siege at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The goons carried out attacks against the protesting doctors demanding justice for the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor.
In videos that have now surfaced on social media, the mob was seen vandalising the hospital premises, damaging police vehicles and physically attacking doctors present there. The attackers were also involved in stone pelting.
According to reports, the mob entered were standing outside the hospital and then suddenly barged into the premises. They broke into the emergency ward of the hospital and destroyed the furniture and medicine stocks.
According to the protesting doctors, the mayhem unleashed by the goons lasted for about an hour. In the meantime, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has accused online media outlets and social media accounts of instigating the unprovoked attack by the mob.
