By Subrata Nag Choudhary
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – An India police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, local media reported, in a speedy trial of a crime that sparked national outrage over the lack of safety for women.
The woman’s body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug. 9, prompting doctors to stay off work for weeks to demand justice for her and better security at public hospitals.
Police volunteer Sanjay Roy, arrested for the crime, said in November that he was “completely innocent” and was being framed.
(Reporting by Subrata Nag Choudhary, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh and William Mallard)
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