RG Kar case: Victim's father demands "harshest punishment" for accused, says "others also involved with him"

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 20 (ANI): As the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court is set to pronounce the quantum of sentence to the convict in the RG Kar's rape-murder case today, the father of the deceased doctor has demanded that the accused Sanjay Roy should get the harshest punishment, however, he also said that there are other people also involved with him in the crime.
"...He (accused Sanjay Roy) tried to speak on Saturday, the court asked him to speak on Monday. We don't know what he will say. He is a criminal, there are other people involved with him...he should get the harshest punishment," the victim's father told reporters.
Speaking to ANI, the mother of the deceased doctor said that they would not allow the investigation to get "suppressed".
"We will not allow the investigation to be suppressed, we will take away the justice. My daughter will get justice for the people of the state, the people of the world, the people of the country and all those who are protesting. We have put our question in the High Court and we will get that answer from the Court. We have faith in the judge," she said.
Meanwhile, a heavy force was deployed outside the court and adjacent areas today ahead of the sentencing.
The security has been heightened with two deputy commoners of Kolkata Police fielded on the ground along with five assistant commoners of police, 14 inspectors, 31 sub-inspectors, 39 assistant sub-inspectors, 299 constables and 80 women police personnel.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Samik Bhattacharya on Monday morning questioned the haste in the RG Kar rape and murder case, saying that the investigation should continue and other persons behind the crime must also be given capital punishment.
He said the court should hear the accused Sanjay Roy and the revelations he intends to make. People have doubts and questions over the destruction of evidence in the case, the BJP leader added.
Moreover, CPI (M) West Bengal State Secretary Md Salim alleged that more than one person was involved in the case and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) didn't move the case forward. Salim said that central agencies were merely repeating what Mamata Banerjee said.
The CPI(M) leader stated that this is a long fight and people won't stop until justice is served to the parents of the victim.
Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court on Saturday pronounced Sanjay Roy guilty in the RG Kar rape and murder case of a trainee doctor. The court said sections 64,66, 103/1 of BNS have been framed against the accused.
"There is a complaint against the accused that he went to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and went to the seminar room, assaulted and murdered the lady doctor taking rest there," the court said.
The case, which involves the rape and murder of a trainee doctor whose body was found on August 9 in the hospital's seminar room, sparked widespread protests. After the incident, Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer at the hospital, was arrested in connection with the crime. (ANI)