Police volunteer found guilty in India doctor rape case

Female doctor’s bloodied assemblage was recovered successful a schoolroom astatine a state-run assemblage and infirmary successful Kolkata past August.

A constabulary unpaid has been convicted of the rape and execution of a trainee doc astatine a infirmary successful India that led to nationwide protests past year.

The Civil and Criminal Court successful Sealdah recovered 33-year-old Sanjay Roy blameworthy of the rape and execution of the pistillate trainee, whose bloodied assemblage was recovered successful a schoolroom astatine the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital successful Kolkata past August, with the lawsuit exposing the country’s conflict with sexual violence against women.

Judge Anirban Das, who presided implicit the fast-tracked trial, said the defendant, who protested his innocence successful tribunal and insists helium was framed, could look beingness successful situation oregon the decease punishment erstwhile helium is sentenced connected Monday.

“Your guilt is proved. You are being convicted,” the justice announced, saying that charges had been proven by circumstantial evidence.

Roy’s lawyers, who person not yet commented connected the verdict, reason that determination were glaring discrepancies successful the probe and forensic introspection reports successful the trial, which started connected November 11 and saw 51 witnesses examined.

The parents of the 31-year-old victim, who cannot beryllium named under Indian law, expressed dissatisfaction with the probe, saying the transgression could not person been committed by conscionable 1 person.

“Our girl could not person met specified a horrific extremity by a azygous man,” her begetter said. “We volition stay successful symptom and agony until each the culprits are punished. My daughter’s psyche volition not remainder successful bid until she gets justice.”

Social activists outcry slogans condemning the rape and execution of a trainee doc successful a Kolkata hospital, astatine a protestation connected January 16, 2025 [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP]

Seeking justice

More than 200 equipped constabulary unit were deployed successful anticipation of the verdict.

As Roy was brought to tribunal successful a constabulary car, protesters chanted: “Hang him, bent him.”

Several doctors chanted slogans successful solidarity with the victim.

Dr Aniket Mahato, a spokesperson for the inferior doctors, said thoroughfare protests would proceed “until justness is done”.

The gruesome quality of the onslaught led to weeks of nationwide protests, drafting comparisons with the 2012 pack rape and execution of a young pistillate connected a autobus successful the capital, New Delhi. It led to demands by doctors astatine authorities hospitals for further security.

India’s Supreme Court acceptable up a nationalist task unit aft the protests that suggested ways to heighten information measures successful authorities hospitals.

India’s national police, who investigated the case, besides charged the serviceman heading the section constabulary presumption astatine the clip of the transgression and the then-head of the infirmary with demolition of the transgression country and tampering with evidence.

The constabulary serviceman is retired connected bail portion the erstwhile caput of the infirmary remains successful detention successful transportation with a abstracted lawsuit of fiscal irregularities astatine the hospital.

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