Victim’s parents not in favour of death sentence for convict, claims counsel

Kolkata, Jan 27: On a day when both the West Bengal government and the CBI moved the Calcutta High Court for admission of their appeals seeking capital punishment for RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy, a counsel for the victim’s parents claimed that the family does not want death penalty for him.
Speaking to reporters outside the high court premises after hearing on the appeals concluded for the day, Gargi Goswami, the advocate on record for the victim’s parents, claimed they rather want the trial process of the other accused in the case to start without further delay.
“I have spoken to the parents of the victim multiple times. They are of the opinion that all those who are involved in the murder of their daughter need not be given capital punishment simply because they killed her. They want the highest punishment as awarded by the trial court to the convict to stay,” Goswami said.
“They also want the investigating agency to submit the chargesheet for the rest of the accused involved in this case as quickly as possible, and initiate their trial process without any further delay,” she added. (PTI)