PROTESTS continued in cities across India today in anger at the killing and rape of a trainee doctor, with medical professionals demanding better and safer working conditions.

Police revealed on Wednesday that the body of the unnamed 31-year-old woman was found last Friday in the eastern city of Kolkata and that a police volunteer had been arrested in connection to the case.

The woman had fallen asleep in a seminar room after a 36-hour shift as there was no designated rest area. Her colleagues discovered her half-naked body, bearing injuries, on the podium.