Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) As a special court in Kolkata on Monday convicted Sanjay Roy in connection with the horrific rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital within the premises of the medical facility in August last year and handed him life imprisonment, the parents of the victim claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is to be blamed for not being able to prove that the offence in the matter a “rarest of rare crimes”.
In fact, the judge of the special court, Anirban Das, made it clear that Sanjay Roy was granted “life imprisonment” instead of “death penalty” since the offence in the matter cannot be considered a “rarest of rare crimes.”
“My daughter was first raped within the hospital premises during her working hours. Then she was murdered. Is it not a ‘rarest of rare crimes’? But in reality, this is the total failure on the part of the CBI to prove the same,” the victim’s mother told mediapersons just a few hours after the sentence was pronounced.
The victim’s father thanked the judge of the special court for providing them with the platform to go for the next stage in the quest for justice for their daughter and more women like her.
“The judge of the special court acted on his own realisations. We are yet to get justice. We just crossed the first step. The special court judge has created a platform for us to move to the next step,” he said.
At the same time, he said that although the judge of the special court has ordered the state government to pay compensation of Rs 17 lakh to them, they will not be accepting that.
“We will not accept the compensation. We have already communicated this to the judge of the special court. No compensation is above our daughter’s life. Our daughter will get true justice if all the real culprits are punished,” the victim’s father said.
–IANS
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