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.

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) -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 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.

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 Kolkata court has convicted Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of a doctor in a case that sparked national outrage. The verdict, announced 162 days post-crime, underscores significant failings in security protocols.

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

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.