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.

A special court in Kolkata has given its verdict in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kolkata: Judge Anirban Das of Sealdah session court on Saturday had pronounced RG rape and murder prime accused Sanjoy Roy as ‘guilty’ of the incident. Roy’s punishment will be announced on Monday. While pleading innocence, Roy in the court said that he is being ‘framed’.

The horrific crime that sparked nationwide outrage and protests over workplace safety for medical professionals has reached a conclusion, with the main accused now officially found guilty.

Kolkata’s Sealdah court pronounced the verdict around 3pm and said the quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday

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.