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 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.

Kolkata: Judge Anirban Das of Sealdah session court on Saturday had pronounced RG rape and murder prime accused Sanjoy Roy as ‘guilty’ of the incident. Roy’s punishment will be announced on Monday. While pleading innocence, Roy in the court said that he is being ‘framed’.

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 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.

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.

The crime sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.An Indian court on Saturday found a 33- year-old police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata last year.

An Indian court has convicted a civic police volunteer of brutally raping and murdering a female doctor at work in a Kolkata hospital last year.