The victim was a second-year student in the chest medicine department.

Doctors hold a candle march against the sexual assault and murder of a female postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata RG Kar Medical College.(ANI)

The Kolkata Police have arrested a man named for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in the city. The postgraduate medical student was found dead at the seminar hall of in West Bengal’s capital.

The initial autopsy of the post-graduate trainee doctor indicated that she was murdered after being sexually assaulted. There was bleeding from the woman’s private parts, said the report. There were injuries to other parts of the body as well.

The initial autopsy of the post-graduate trainee doctor indicated that she was murdered after being sexually assaulted. There was bleeding from the woman’s private parts, said the report. There were injuries to other parts of the body as well.

A doctor at the hospital said the victim had dinner with her juniors around 2 am. She then went to the seminar room since there was no separate on-call room to take some rest. “In the morning, we found her body there,” the doctor told PTI.

TMC demands new law

Meanwhile, senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee has called for introducing a bill in the parliament to fast-track the trial and conviction of rapists and murderers within a week, ensuring they receive exemplary punishment.

“These rapists, who don’t deserve to live in the society, should be dealt with either through encounter or by hanging,” Banerjee asserted.

CM Mamata Banerjee has said her government will seek a death penalty for the culprit. She has also said the government doesn’t have objections to a probe by any central agency.