According to the results of the autopsy, the young woman was raped by several people and died as a result of her injuries. The perpetrator faces the death penalty.
A court in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta has found a 33-year-old man guilty of raping a young female doctor, who died as a result of her injuries. The incident happened last year and the perpetrator faces the death penalty. Local media reported on this on Saturday, TASR writes, according to a report from the DPA agency.
The court is due to sentence the attacker, who allegedly worked as a volunteer at the same hospital as his victim, on Monday. According to the Indian television NDTV, the man claims that he is innocent and that the attack on the 31-year-old female doctor in the practice was set on him.
In addition to punishing the perpetrator, participants in Saturday’s trial also called for safer working conditions, an end to the prevailing “culture of intimidation” and better protection for women. After the verdict, the victim’s father thanked the judge and said the guilty verdict had kept his faith in the justice system, NDTV reported.
According to the doctors, the autopsy indicated that the victim was probably raped by several people together. The crime sparked a wave of protests and strikes by doctors across India.
According to official data, one woman or girl is raped in India every 15 minutes. Women’s rights activists believe that the number of unreported cases is high. Although the relevant laws in India have become stricter in recent years, many people still believe that too little is being done to prevent such crimes.
