Two days after the body of a trainee doctor was found in a government hospital in Calcutta, the accused has confessed to the crime, reported News18The accused was sentenced to 14 days’ police custody under Sections 64 (rape) and 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

According to the report, police found a pornographic video on the defendant’s cell phone.

The defendant reportedly had easy access to the hospital because he had been hired as a “citizen volunteer” – a person who assists the police and serves on an influential police welfare board. News18 stated, citing sources. According to the report, the accused was seen wearing headphones when he entered the hospital at around 4 am on Friday. However, when he left the premises, he was not wearing his headphones.

Kolkata rape and murder case, autopsy details

The body of the young doctor was found half-naked in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College on Friday morning. The 28-year-old victim was a second-year student of the hospital’s pulmonology department.

The incident occurred between 3 and 6 a.m. on Friday, police said.

The autopsy report revealed that the woman was sexually assaulted before being strangled and suffocated. According to the report, she was bleeding from her eyes and mouth and had injuries on her face, nails, abdomen, left leg, neck, right hand, ring finger and lips. The victim was also bleeding from her private parts, according to the autopsy report.

Protests in Calcutta

Several doctors and students from various government hospitals, including RG Kar Medical College, staged massive protests and sit-ins over the incident.

On Saturday, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) issued a strong statement demanding immediate action on the matter and threatening nationwide protests if the demands are not met within 48 hours.

“The entire medical community of India is shocked beyond words by this brutal murder… This crime is an indication of the anarchy and insecurity that prevails on the campus,” the IMA said.

Earlier, CPI(M) workers had held a rally in Calcutta and demanded justice in the murder case.

“The city we used to call ‘city of joy’ has now become ‘city of bhay’ (city of fear). Not even a doctor is safe here. The principal (of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital) is close to CM Mamata Banerjee… The Kolkata police commissioner suppressed the case… We demand a judicial inquiry into the matter,” Md Salim, secretary of the CPI(M) in West Bengal, told ANI.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would demand the death penalty for the accused.