Family of raped and murdered Indian doctor claims police delayed investigation [Video]

It’s a weekday morning in a suburb of the western Indian city of Kolkata, and the couple in their early 60s can’t stop crying. 

It’s been like this ever since they got the call last month that their only daughter, who had worked hard to get a highly coveted spot in an Indian medical college to fulfull her dream of becoming a doctor, was raped and killed while on a rest break during a long shift at work. 

“Our morning starts with us crying and the evening ends with us crying,” the victim’s father told CBC News in a phone interview. He said it’s excruciating to adjust to the fact that his daughter is gone. 

“All our dreams have been shattered … destroyed overnight by brutes.”

A local man, a police volunteer who worked at the public hospital in Kolkata, was arrested after the attack and remains in custody. But …