Indian police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of a trainee doctor that led to protests

In India, a police volunteer has been sentenced to life in prison in a high-profile murder and rape case. The body of the victim, a 31-year-old trainee doctor, was found in August in a hospital in Kolkata. The violence sparked national outrage. The woman had retreated to a room in the hospital after work to sleep. Hours later, colleagues found her badly mutilated body. The suspect, a 33-year-old police volunteer, was quickly arrested. According …

Man who raped, murdered trainee doctor in Kolkata hospital gets life in prison

KOLKATA: The rapist and murderer of an Indian doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Monday (Jan 20) for a gruesome crime that sparked nationwide protests and widespread hospital strikes last year. The family of the 31-year-old medic broke into tears saying they were "shocked" at the sentence and had ho

Indian rapist murderer of Kolkata doctor sentenced to life in prison

Judge says case did not deserve the death penalty as it was not “the rarest of the rare cases"; victim's family says will continue to fight for justice.

Indian police volunteer sentenced to life in prison in rape and murder of trainee doctor

An Indian court awarded a life sentence to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in Kolkata.

Not ‘the rarest of the rare cases’: Judge sentences Indian rapist murderer of Kolkata junior doctor to life in prison, family in shock over verdict

KOLKATA, Jan 20 — The rapist and murderer of an Indian doctor was sentenced to life in prison Monday, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and widespread hospital strikes last year. Her weeping family had called for the convicted killer to be hanged and said they were “shocked” at the sentence, for a case that highlighted the chronic issue of violence against women in the world’s most populous country. But Judge Anirban Das said the case did…

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a man convicted of the rape and murder of a doctor to life imprisonment, a crime that shocked this country where sexual violence against women is very common....