The rape and murder of a doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata on August 9 have sparked furious protests in several cities across India. Health workers held a nationwide strike on Saturday as they denounced the "heinous crime" perpetrated against their colleague while accusing the police of mishandling the case, Executive director at the Population Foundation of India Poonam Muttreja told FRANCE 24, adding that the "lack of timely intervention by the authorities has exasperated public anger".
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