Soon after his conviction in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, civic volunteer Sanjay Roy's mother, Malati Roy, affirmed that she would accept the punishment given to her son by the Sealdah sessions court.

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.

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

A court in India on Saturday found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, a crime that ignited nationwide protests calling for better protection for healthcare workers,

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

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.