Indian doctors protest against rape and murder of medic, urge security measures

KOLKATA — Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors' protest spread nationwide following the rape and murder of a trainee medic in the city of Kolkata, authorities and media reports said.

Thousands of doctors marched on Monday in Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal, and other parts of the state, denouncing the killing at a government-run hospital and demanding justice for the victim and better security measures.

The 31-year-old doctor was found dead on Friday. Police said she had been raped and murdered and a police volunteer was subsequently arrested in connection with the crime.