Kolkata top cop: Didn’t expect crowd at hospital to turn violent

“We didn't expect the crowd before RG Kar hospital to turn violent,” the top police officer said.

By: Express News Service
Kolkata | Updated: August 17, 2024 02:26 AM IST

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Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal. (Photo Credit: X/@CPKolkata)

Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal on Friday said the vandalism at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital on Wednesday night happened mainly due to “spontaneous huge gathering” although arrangements had been made to maintain law and order. “If you say it is a failure of assessment… then yes, you can call it a failure of assessment,” Goyal told mediapersons.

“We had made arrangements to maintain law and order. When a spontaneous crowd comes, it is difficult as they have no leader… We didn’t expect the crowd that gathered at the hospital to turn violent. Some of the miscreants were picked up after feedback from netizens…,” he said.