An Indian police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, in the speedy trial of a crime that sparked national outrage over a lack of safety for women.

A special court in Kolkata has given its verdict in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

A Kolkata court has convicted Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of a doctor in a case that sparked national outrage. The verdict, announced 162 days post-crime, underscores significant failings in security protocols.

After his conviction in the horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, civic volunteer Sanjay Roy claimed before the court that he is being "falsely implicated" in the case.

The case pertains to the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor. Her body was found on August 9 in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack, which happened in August last year at a hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state.

The horrific crime that sparked nationwide outrage and protests over workplace safety for medical professionals has reached a conclusion, with the main accused now officially found guilty.

Kolkata: A sessions court in Kolkata will deliver its verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case. The judgment will be delivered 57 days after the commencement of the trial in the case which sparked nationwide protest.

An Indian court on Saturday found a police volunteer guilty for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, a crime that sparked countrywide protests and

Sanjay Roy denied the charges, claiming he was framed, but Judge Das ruled circumstantial evidence proved his guilt.