The incident has sent shock waves across the country. Doctors have held protests in many cities of the country like Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai.

Protesting doctors mounted pressure on the newly appointed principal, Suhrita Pal to take action against the midnight mob attack and fulfil the demands of the medical students and doctors.

Several users on Facebook mocked the brutal rape incident by blatantly saying that the victim doctor managed to 'satisfy' 8-10 people at a time

"Left and Ram want to create unrest in Bengal and they both have come together to do this," Mamatar Banerjee said while referring to the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday

The letter sent by ULFA(I) urged the recover and dispose off the bombs, saying t hat they failed due to technical issues

According to the family, Priyanka was employed at a shopping mall in Bengaluru and had returned to her hometown for a vacation on August 12.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of orchestrating the attack.

Jadavpur 8B Coordination Committee's member Shalini Mitra "apologised" to the "Comrades" after a video message called for "blowing the conch" during the "Reclaim The Night" event.

"The Assistant Superintendent of Chest Medicine Department called and said, 'Your daughter died by suicide'. And then we saw the reality when we reached the hospital," the woman's father said.

As per reports, the accused had beaten her up as she attempted to defend herself, he then raped and killed her. Shards of glass from her spectacles broke and got into her eyes following an intense blow.