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

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.

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.

Kolkata: A court in Kolkata found Sanjay Roy guilty on Saturday of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Justice Anirban Das pronounced the verdict, with sentencing scheduled for Monday.

A CBI court has convicted Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, for raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year. Roy was arrested a day after the brutal incident on August 9 and charged with both rape and murder.

Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was accused of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10,