Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 12 -- Sanjoy Roy, the accused of raping and murdering a 31-year-old female junior doctor at Kolkatas RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was not a hospital employee, but had frequent access to all buildings on the campus.

Roy worked as a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police. Civic volunteers are contractual staff recruited to assist cops in various kinds of work, including traffic management and disaster response.

With a salary of around Rs. 12,000 a month, these volunteers do not enjoy the amenities available to regular police personnel.

According to reports, Roy joined Kolkata Polices disaster management group as a volunteer in 2019 and was later shifted to the police welfare cell.

He then moved to the police ...