How the murder of a doctor reignited India's rage against rape
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The brutal killing of a Kolkata doctor has sparked nationwide fury, exposing India’s struggle with violence against women. With questions around the handling of the investigation and allegations of a coverup, what has the case revealed about India’s justice system and its ability to protect women in the workplace?
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- Pavni Mittal (@pavnimittal), Journalist
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | First, a heads up, this episode contains descriptions of sexual violence. |
| 0:17.0 | Today, outrage over a doctor's brutal rape and murder in India. |
| 0:21.4 | Doctors and nurses protested in Kolkata over the rape and murder of a medic last week. |
| 0:28.8 | The case has shocked India. |
| 0:34.7 | Why history continues to repeat itself in India's fight against rape culture. |
| 0:41.7 | I'm Natasha Del Toro, and this is the take. |
| 1:02.0 | On August 8th, a 31-year-old junior doctor had just finished a 36-hour shift at a hospital in Kolkata, India. There was no dedicated place for doctors working overnight, so she went to sleep on the floor of a seminar room in the building. |
| 1:09.0 | Her body was found the next morning. She'd |
| 1:12.6 | been raped and murdered. An autopsy revealed injuries all over her body, and the cause of death was |
| 1:19.1 | determined to be manual strangulation and smothering, with clear evidence of sexual assault. |
| 1:25.2 | The doctor's name has not been officially released, but we do know the name of a suspect, |
| 1:30.0 | Sanjay Roy. |
| 1:31.3 | He was arrested in connection with the case. |
| 1:34.1 | He is a volunteer at the hospital where this incident occurred. |
| 1:41.0 | And what is shocking is that he had access to all these areas |
| 1:45.1 | when he had absolutely no business doing that. |
| 1:48.0 | Of course, what preliminary reports have suggested |
| 1:51.2 | and even the parents of the victim have said |
| 1:54.1 | is that it's not just one person. |
| 1:56.6 | This seems like this was a gang rape and, of course, murder. |
| 2:04.8 | Thank you. seems like this was a gang rape and, of course, murder. I am Pavni Mithal. I am an international correspondent, and I have been reporting on India for more |
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