The suspect, named as Sanjoy Roy, arrested the day after the murder and held in custody since, was formally charged on Monday with a confidential document of evidence submitted to the court.

The case sparked nationwide anger at the chronic issue of violence against women in India, with some one million doctors walking off the job in protest.

Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the Kolkata rape and murder case, was arrested on August 10 by the Kolkata Police. On the orders of the High Court, the CBI had took over the case from Kolkata Police.

The CBI has filed charge sheet in Kolkata rape and murder case and booked accused Sanjay Roy for rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor in RG Kar Medical College on August 9. It, however, did not mention the charge of gang rape,

The victim's post-mortem confirmed that she had been raped and murdered, revealing 25 internal and external injuries on her body.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the prime accused, Sanjoy Roy, in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, officials said on Monday (October 7,

The central agency will submit the charge sheet at the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's court at Sealdah

Protests erupted in West Bengal in August to demand justice after the doctor's body was found with multiple injuries in a lecture hall at a state-run hospital.

KOLKATA: Indian police on Monday (Oct 7) charged a man with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor, a crime which appalled the country and triggered wide-scale protests. The discovery of th

India's Supreme Court last month ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for healthcare workers