BJP's West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday, condemned the maligning of the victim's family in the RG Kar rape-murder case, stating he will visit them to show support.
The parents of the victim in Kolkata's RG Kar rape and murder on Wednesday withdrew their plea before the Supreme Court seeking a fresh investigation into the tragic incident.
The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court announced life imprisonment for the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. Along with this, the court has also fined Rs 50,000 to the accused.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will be seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case. According to sources, the application might be filed in the Calcutta High Court in the next two days.
The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench against the trial court's life imprisonment verdict convicting Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar case.
Advocate General Kishore Dutta moves division bench Justice Debangshu Basak seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy. The matter has been allowed to be filed.
Leaders and doctors on Monday criticised the sentence of life imprisonment for the convict in the RG Kar rape-murder case by the Sealdah court, demanding a death penalty for this heinous crime.
CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the punishment given to the convict in the RG Kar case, saying that the state government should also have been held accountable.
"It is a norm in our judicial system that death sentence is given in rarest of cases. The judge must have covered the evidence and brutality of the crime. Second thing is that he must have considered the personal circumstances of the convict..." Luthra said speaking to ANI.
After Sealdah Court sentenced Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, to life imprisonment, the father of the trainee doctor raised questions on the investigation conducted by CBI and Kolkata Police, saying that "we want justice, not compensation."
"I learned about the sentencing from the media. We have always demanded capital punishment and we continue to stand by it. However, this is the court's decision and I can't say much about this. For three other cases, Kolkata police ensured capital punishment through thorough investigations c