Sourav Ganguly, facing backlash over Kolkata rape-murder case comments, changes X profile picture

Former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly changed his profile picture on his social media handles to the colour black, joining thousands of social media users who have done the same to show their solidarity with the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital who was raped and murdered.

As the nation saw continued protests, demanding justice for the deceased trainee doctor, a separate online movement began urging people to change their display pictures, aka DPs in tech parlance, to black colour.

Ganguly’s move came days after his comment on Kolkata’s security situation provoked condemnation from some as it was made in the backdrop of the gruesome rape and murder of the trainee doctor.