Doctors and activists demand the safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was murdered.

Activists and doctors in India demand better safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was raped and murdered in Kolkata.

Activists and doctors across India continued to protest on Wednesday to demand justice for a female doctor, who was raped and murdered while on duty in a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata.

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A 31-year-old trainee doctor’s dead body, bearing multiple injuries, was found on August 9 in a government teaching hospital in Kolkata.

The parents of the victim were initially told “by hospital authorities that their daughter had committed suicide,” lawyer and women’s rights activist Vrinda Grover told Al Jazeera. But an autopsy confirmed that the victim was raped and killed.

  • LovstuhagenOPMEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Some of the only further details I’ve found:

    Indian media have reported the murdered doctor was found in the teaching hospital’s seminar hall, suggesting she had gone there for a brief rest during a long shift.

    An autopsy has confirmed sexual assault, and in a petition to the court, the victim’s parents have said that they suspected their daughter was gang-raped, according to Indian broadcaster NDTV.

    Though police have detained a man who worked at the hospital helping people navigate busy queues, officers have been accused of mishandling the case.

    Kolkata’s High Court on Tuesday transferred the case to the elite Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to “inspire public confidence.”

    CBS via Yahoo

    • LovstuhagenOPMEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      One more detail as reported by People:

      The woman was found the next morning half-naked on a podium having suffered serious injuries, according to the report from the BBC.