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.

Protests erupted in West Bengal last August after the body of a trainee doctor was found with multiple injuries in a hospital lecture hall.

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 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.

After a trainee doctor was found raped and murdered in a hospital last year, nationwide protests and strikes rocked India. The trial was fast-tracked through the justice system, and a 33-year-old man was found guilty of the doctor's rape and murder.

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,

Demonstrators rallied for abortion and immigration rights as well as local D.C. issues.

STORY: An Indian police volunteer was convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata on Saturday.The woman's body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 of last year.