More protests rock India after rape and murder of medic, doctors plan work stoppage

FILE PHOTO: People write slogans on posters before the start of a candlelight vigil condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, on a street in Mumbai, India, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

MUMBAI/KOLKATA (Reuters) -Police in the Indian state of West Bengal on Friday arrested hundreds of protesters angry over the rape and murder of a medic last week, while a doctors' association urged more than a million colleagues nationwide to stop work for a day.

Police and local officials said blockades by the protesters disrupted public transport in several parts of the state. More than 1,500 people were detained.