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 right now, minutes after a metropolis courtroom sentenced Roy to life imprisonment.
“We demanded demise penalty from Day 1. We demand it now too. Nevertheless it’s the courtroom’s order. I can share my social gathering’s opinion. We ensured demise penalty in three instances inside 60 days. If the case stayed with us, we might 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’t 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 underneath 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 courtroom right now sentenced Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, to life imprisonment and famous that the prosecution had failed to ascertain that the case fell within the ‘rarest of the uncommon’ class to warrant a demise penalty.
The courtroom additionally ordered the State to offer a sum of Rs 17 lakh as monetary help to the physician’s aged dad and mom. The couple, nevertheless, mentioned they are not looking for compensation however justice. The decide, nevertheless, mentioned they’re entitled to the help as per legislation and urged them to not see it as compensation.
The sufferer’s dad and mom and medical doctors nonetheless protesting in opposition to the incident imagine that the crime was not dedicated by Roy alone.
Docs in Kolkata have been protesting in opposition to an alleged cover-up by the state authorities to defend individuals near the ruling social gathering. Ms Banerjee has trashed such allegations and had, the truth is, led a protest march to demand justice for the sufferer.