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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amrit Dhillon

Murdered Indian doctor’s father speaks out: ‘All I can do now is get her justice’

A doctor holds a banner which reads Jsutice in red letters which drip blood behind an illustration of a woman wearing a surgical mask
Protests and strikes erupted across India to demand justice. Rapes are common in India but this crime in particular led to widespread anger. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

The father of the trainee doctor murdered during a rest break at a Kolkata hospital has spoken of his daughter’s love of medicine and the way her family had worked to support her vocation.

“We are a poor family and we raised her with a lot of hardship. She worked extremely hard to become a doctor. All she did was study, study, study,” he told the Guardian by telephone.

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