West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee voiced her disappointment regarding the Kolkata court’s decision to impose life imprisonment until death on convict Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case on Monday.
“I am not happy… We all called for the death penalty, yet the court imposed life imprisonment,” Mamata Banerjee stated in her initial response to the Sealdah court’s ruling.
Banerjee stated that the investigation was “forcibly” taken from the Kolkata Police, and insisted that if it had remained with them, they would have guaranteed a death penalty.
Addressing journalists in Murshidabad district, Banerjee raised concerns about the CBI inquiry related to the case.
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“All of us had demanded a death sentence, but the court has given a life term until death. The case was forcibly taken from us. Had it been with the (Kolkata) police, we would have ensured that he was served a death sentence,” she claimed.
“We don’t know how the probe was conducted. In many similar cases that were probed by the state police, the death penalty was ensured. I am not satisfied,” she said.
The Sealdah court handed down a life sentence to Sanjay Roy after he was found guilty of raping and murdering the doctor who was on duty at the state-operated RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
