Kolkata/IBNS: A mega march to the state secretariat Nabanna will be held in Kolkata on Saturday rekindling the protests against the RG Kar rape-murder incident that completes a year, media reports said.

The march, which has been called by the students, will be participated by parents of the victim, who was brutally raped and murdered on the intervening night of August 8 and 9, 2024.

People at midnight on Saturday gathered at various locations of Kolkata as a part of "Reclaim the Night" movement that had rocked the city after the crime had been uncovered last year.

West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman Suvendu Adhikari has extended support to the Nabanna Abhiyan.

Adhikari is expected to join the march without any party banner or flag.

To thwart the rallies from reaching Nabanna, tall guard rails, very heavy containers have been placed by police on various roads leading to the Howrah district where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office is located.

Various entry points to Howrah have been blocked as police tightened the security in and around Nabanna.

Mamata, who faced unprecedented protests over the RG Kar incident last year, is currently in Jhargram for her administrative duties.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed the march to be held in the city, which is already rocked by protests over the last one year on a number of issues.

The court passed the order in response to a plea filed by a Howrah businessman who sought a ban on the march that he claimed would cause business losses.

BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya shared a video that shows how police have made arrangements to stop the march.

Malviya wrote on X, "Today, with Calcutta High Court’s permission, her grieving parents called for a march to Nabanna. Instead of showing compassion, Mamata Banerjee’s police rolled out guard rails, water cannons — all to stop ordinary citizens. Afraid of the people she claims to protect?

"Let it be clear: if even one peaceful protester is harmed today, West Bengal will come to a standstill, and Mamata Banerjee will be forced to apologise."

More about RG Kar rape-murder case

Civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who was swiftly arrested by the Kolkata Police after the crime came to light, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court.

As per the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chargesheet, Sanjoy was the only man who has been accused of the crime that had sent shockwaves across the country and sparked sweeping protests in Kolkata, its neighbouring districts and some major Indian cities.

Though Sanjoy was arrested swiftly by police, junior doctors and protesters suspected more people's involvement in the crime which occurred on the intervening night of August 8 and 9, 2024.

On the basis of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Calcutta High Court transferred the case to CBI fuming over the police and administration's handling of the case.

Thousands of people took to the streets almost on a regular basis in Kolkata and its neighbourhoods, taking out night vigils, candlelight marches, and forming symbolic human chains on roads demanding justice for the victim, which was allegedly raped and murdered at the seminar room where she went to rest after completing her shift.

The case also led to the unravelling of the corruption charges against erstwhile RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh levelled by the students.

Ghosh's posting to an equally important post at some other college by the government following protests against him over the rape-murder case had stirred row.

Later, Ghosh was arrested in the corruption as well as the rape-murder case. Though he was granted bail in the rape-murder case, the former principal is still in jail over the corruption.

Prior to CBI's investigation, the state administration came under the scanner over its alleged cover-up, delay in filing FIRs, demolition work near the crime scene, and assigning Ghosh to the same post at another college after he resigned from RG Kar.

Tala Police Station OC, who was also arrested, has been granted bail.

The junior doctors went on ceasework in multiple phases and continued their protests until they met with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on several occasions for a resolution.