3,000 march in Kamduni against notice to teacher

KOLKATA: Over 3,000 teachers Saturday gathered at Kamduni More and walked to the village,demanding strictest punishment for the offenders in the rape-murder of a college girl and asking for the showcause notice,issued to the headmaster of the Free Primary School for participating in a protest rally,to be withdrawn.

The teachers also met Tumpa Kayal and Mousumi Kayal,the two women from the village who had led the protest in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee when she had visited the family of the rape-murder victim. “We have not done anything wrong. We will continue this fight for justice. We have been unfairly tagged as CPM people and Maoist supporters,” Mousumi said.

SP’s effigy burnt in Murshidabad

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KOlkata: People of Kharjuna village under Baroa police station area in Murshidabad Saturday continued to protest the rape and murder of a married woman and gheraoed the office of the superintendent of police of Murshidabad. The villagers also burnt an effigy of SP,Mushidabad,Humayun Kabir. The SP had claimed the incident to be a case of consensual sex.