Kolkata:
Kolkata Police would have ensured demise penalty for the convict in RG Kar rape and homicide case, however the probe was taken away and handed over to the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned at the moment, minutes after a metropolis court docket sentenced Roy to life imprisonment.
“We demanded demise penalty from Day 1. We demand it now too. Nevertheless it’s the court docket’s order. I can share my social gathering’s opinion. We ensured demise penalty in three circumstances inside 60 days. If the case stayed with us, we’d have ensured demise penalty lengthy again. I do not know the small print.”
“The case was taken away from us. We had mentioned that if we can not do it, then hand it over to CBI. As a result of we would like justice,” she mentioned, including that she was “not happy”.
The Trinamool Congress authorities had come below heavy criticism after a 34-year-old physician was discovered raped and murdered on August 9 in a seminar corridor on the state-run RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital in Kolkata. Amid allegations of a hush-up involving prime state authorities officers, the Supreme Court docket had ordered the CBI to take over the investigation into the case that sparked nationwide protests.
5 months on, a Kolkata court docket at the moment sentenced Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, to life imprisonment and famous that the prosecution had failed to determine that the case fell within the ‘rarest of the uncommon’ class to warrant a demise penalty.
The court docket additionally ordered the State to offer a sum of Rs 17 lakh as monetary help to the physician’s aged mother and father. The couple, nonetheless, mentioned they don’t want compensation however justice. The decide, nonetheless, mentioned they’re entitled to the help as per regulation and urged them to not see it as compensation.
The sufferer’s mother and father and docs nonetheless protesting towards the incident consider that the crime was not dedicated by Roy alone.
Medical doctors in Kolkata have been protesting towards an alleged cover-up by the state authorities to protect individuals near the ruling social gathering. Ms Banerjee has trashed such allegations and had, in reality, led a protest march to demand justice for the sufferer.