A police volunteer was found guilty of raping a doctor in India Debate News

A bloody body of a female doctor was found in a classroom at a government college and hospital in Kolkata last August.

A police officer who was a volunteer was convicted of raping and killing a doctor in training at a hospital in India which led to protests across the country last year.

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court found Sanjay Roy, 33, guilty of raping and murdering a female student, whose bloody body was found in a classroom at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, last August. in a case that reveals the country’s struggle against violence against women.

Judge Anirban Das, who presided over the fast-track trial, said the defendant, who contested his innocence in court and insisted he was elevated, could face life in prison or the death penalty if sentenced on Monday.

“Your case is proven. He is convicted,” announced the judge, saying that the charges were proven by concrete evidence.

Roy’s lawyers, who have not yet commented on this decision, said that there were obvious contradictions in the investigation and the report of the investigation in this case which started on November 11 and 51 witnesses were examined.

The parents of the 31-year-old victim, who cannot be named under Indian law, expressed displeasure with the investigation, saying the crime could not have been committed by just one person.

“Our daughter had never faced such a tragic end because of an unmarried man,” said her father. “We will continue with pain and suffering until all those who commit crimes are punished. My daughter’s soul will not rest until she gets justice.

Seeking justice

More than 200 armed police have been deployed as the verdict is expected.

As Roy was brought to court in a police car, protesters chanted: “Hang him, hang him.”

Many doctors were chanting slogans along with the victim.

Dr Aniket Mahato, a spokesperson for junior doctors, said the street protests will continue “until justice is done”.

The brutal nature of the attack has sparked weekly protests, drawing comparisons to the 2012 gang rape and killing of a young woman on a bus in the capital, New Delhi. It has led doctors in public hospitals to have demands for increased security.

India’s Supreme Court has set up a national task force after protests that suggested ways to improve safety measures in government hospitals.

The Indian police, investigating the case, also charged the police officer in charge of the police station at the time of the incident and the former head of the hospital at the time for destroying the crime scene and tampering with evidence.

The police officer is out on bail and the former head of the hospital is still in custody in connection with another case of mishandling of funds to the hospital.