Samida Khatoon, 57, Of Kolkata Dies at Park Circus Protesting Against NRC, CAA and NPR
New Age Islam News Bureau
February 03, 2020
Kolkata: An aged woman named Samida Khatoon, 57, died while protesting against NRC at the Park Circus Shahin Bagh. She had been sitting in protest for the last 26 days. She suddenly fell ill after midnight on Saturday and was taken to hospital where she breathed her last. Her death has sent shock waves through Kolkata. But women protesters have said that though they were grieved at her demise, they were not demoralised and they would continue their fight with a greater resolve. The women of Kolkata have been staging sit- in protest against CAA/NCR/ NPR at Park Circus since the first week of January and have named the protest site Shahin Bagh.
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