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In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and homicide of a trainee physician
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In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and homicide of a trainee physician

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By Tycoon Herald 4 Min Read Published January 18, 2025
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In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and homicide of a trainee physician

Members of the citizen discussion board together with docs stroll in a rally protesting a rape and homicide of a resident physician in a authorities hospital early August, in Kolkata, India, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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NEW DELHI — An Indian court docket on Saturday discovered a police volunteer responsible for the rape and homicide of a trainee physician, against the law that sparked countrywide protests and hospital strikes final 12 months amid renewed considerations over lack of security for girls.

The killing of the 31-year-old doctor whereas she was on obligation at a hospital within the jap metropolis of Kolkata in August highlighted as soon as once more the continual situation of violence towards ladies within the nation. The trial within the case was fast-tracked by means of India’s notoriously sluggish authorized system and arguments started in November.

Choose Anirban Das stated the sentence for 33-year-old Sanjay Roy will probably be introduced on Monday and will vary from life imprisonment to the loss of life penalty.

Medical professionals and students take part in a protest rally against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata on Aug. 21. India's Supreme Court on Aug. 20 ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for healthcare workers after the "horrific" rape and murder of a doctor sparked medical strikes and furious protests.

Police found the bloodied physique of the lady on the metropolis’s R.G. Kar Medical School and Hospital’s seminar corridor on Aug. 9. An post-mortem later discovered the sufferer had been strangled and confirmed sexual assault.

Roy was arrested a day after the crime. He has since constantly maintained his innocence and instructed the court docket that he was not responsible.

The case was initially being investigated by the Kolkata police however later the court docket handed over the probe to federal investigators after state authorities officers have been accused of mishandling the investigation.

After the incident, docs and medical college students throughout India held protests and rallies demanding justice and higher safety for them. Hundreds of girls throughout the nation additionally protested on the streets, demanding justice for the sufferer as they participated in “Reclaim The Night” marches. Some protesters referred to as for the perpetrator of the crime to be given the loss of life penalty.

The incident highlighted rising sexual violence towards ladies in India and prompted India’s Supreme Court docket to arrange a nationwide job pressure that prompt methods to reinforce security measures in authorities hospitals.

Many circumstances of crimes towards ladies go unreported in India because of the stigma surrounding sexual violence, in addition to a scarcity of religion within the police. Ladies’s rights activists say the issue is especially acute in rural areas, the place the group typically shames victims of sexual assault and households fear about their social standing.

Nonetheless, the variety of recorded rape circumstances within the nation has elevated. In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reviews of rape — a 20% soar from 2021, in keeping with the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau.

In 2012, the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old scholar on a New Delhi bus galvanized huge protests throughout India. It impressed lawmakers to order harsher penalties for such crimes, in addition to the creation of fast-track courts devoted to rape circumstances. The federal government additionally launched the loss of life penalty for repeat offenders.

The rape legislation amended in 2013 additionally criminalized stalking and voyeurism and lowered the age at which an individual may be tried as an grownup from 18 to 16.

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