Kolkata doctor’s rape, murder: Civic police volunteer gets life sentence

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court in Kolkata on Monday handed a life sentence to Sanjay Roy, a former civic police volunteer convicted for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at the city’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, reported the Hindustan Times.

The court held Roy guilty of the crime on Saturday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the victim’s family had sought the death penalty for Roy. The court on Monday asked the West Bengal government to pay Rs 17 lakh to the family.

The 31-year-old trainee doctor was found dead on the state-run hospital’s premises on August 9. The incident sparked protests across the country.

For several weeks, the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front led protests demanding the resignation of senior officials and an end to the “threat culture” in West Bengal’s medical centres.

Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10, the day after the body of the doctor was discovered in the hospital’s seminar room.

Three days later, the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter.

The court had held a daily trial after a chargesheet was filed in the matter on October 7. Roy told the court that he was not involved in the incident and claimed that he was innocent.

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