No gratitude, no grievances, says Sanjay Roy’s mom

No gratitude, no grievances, says Sanjay Roy’s mom

Tamaghna.Banerjee@timesofindia.com 21.01`.2025

Kolkata : Sanjay Roy’s mother was relieved as her 35-year-old son was spared the gallows. “Why will he be hanged? The judge has made the right decision. I don’t know what may have happened. Police and the judiciary know that, and they have taken a decision,” she said Monday, speaking from behind the closed wooden door of her one-room home in a Kolkata neighbourhood. 

The woman in her 70s had kept her door shut throughout the day and only briefly came out to retrieve clothes she had put out to dry. She quickly retreated inside when a battery of reporters pressed for a reaction after a trial court sentenced Sanjay to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College on Aug 9 last year. “I neither have grievances nor gratitude towards police for whatever they have done. I can only curse my luck for my misfortunes,” she said from behind the closed door. 

Mamata vows to seek capital punishment in HC Kolkata : Bengal govt will appeal in high court for the death penalty, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday while expressing her dissatisfaction with the life imprisonment handed to Sanjay Roy, whom she referred to as a “noropishach” (monster). “I am really shocked to see that the judgment of the court today finds that it is not a rarest of rare case!” Banerjee posted on X. “I am convinced that it is indeed a rarest of rare case which demands capital punishment…We will plead for capital punishment of the convict at high court now.” Banerjee emphasised her shock at the court’s decision. She said the outcome might have been different if the investigation had remained with Kolkata police, rather than being handed over to CBI. —Dwaipayan Ghosh