The protests are said to have erupted after two college girls complained that they were sexually harassed by Sheikh during their MBBS viva on 31st January. The victims later filed a police complaint on 22nd February.
A decision in a sexual assault case by the Supreme Court in Canada implied that the rape victim should be known as a 'person with a vagina' and not a women
The All India Bar Association has written to Mamata Banerjee cautioning about demands for President's Rule in WB over horrific incidents of sexual assault and violence in Sandeshkhali