Mamata Banerjee on RG Kar rape case verdict: Not satisfied, demanded death penalty

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she was not satisfied with the court giving life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case.

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00:00Let's get you the first reaction coming in from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

00:09on the Abhaya rape and murder case judgment after the accused Sanjay Roy has been sentenced

00:16to life imprisonment Mamata Banerjee has expressed a disappointment saying she wanted the death

00:21penalty for the rapist Mamata saying I'm not satisfied with the sentencing she's also lashed

00:27out at the CBI essentially saying the CBI took away case from the Kolkata police hinting

00:33that it's because of the CBI that you're not seeing a death penalty in this case

00:41Okay so Mamata Banerjee now questioning and saying personally that she's been very disappointed

00:46by the fact that this rapist in the Abhaya case wasn't awarded the death penalty remember

00:51the judge while in fact reading out the sentencing said that he believes this is not a rarest

00:56of rare case and that's why sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment until death there's

01:01been a demand of course for death penalty the parents had put it forth the CBI also

01:06had demanded death penalty and now Mamata Banerjee reiterating that she's disappointed

01:11that in this case it was only a life sentence Suryagini Roy is joining us with more details

01:15on this Suryagini you've got Mamata Banerjee expressing her disappointment dissatisfaction

01:21but also seemingly pinning the blame on the CBI's investigation

01:29well you know the state's chief minister time and again she had reiterated her stand on

01:33such cases and what should be the penalty or that you know what should be the the judgment

01:38on such or rather the punishment on such cases she had stated time and again even today morning

01:44when she was leaving for her administrative tour she did hint at what she wanted she stated

01:50that you know even earlier the state government had had fixed its stand and also to no more

01:56as a party and she herself took out a rally you know demanding death penalty for such

02:02you know convicts of such crimes and Sanjay Roy as well now however she has you know reacted

02:09to the judgment that has the rather the quantum of the punishment let's in fact play out exactly

02:14what Mamata Banerjee said okay we'll get that reaction for you in just a bit my apologies

02:21Suryagini we're just getting the reaction from the chief minister Mamata Banerjee on in fact

02:28the judgment that's come in in the Abhaya rape and murder case for the Trinamool Congress they

02:34are repeatedly Suryagini lashing out now at the opposition saying that there was unnecessary

02:39politics that was played out over this particular case well you know this is something that was

02:49expected because the Trinamool has time and again stated that the stand of the Kolkata

02:55police stands vindicated after you know the CBI couldn't find anyone else in this particular

03:01investigation and it was only Sanjay Roy who's the primary accused who was convicted in this

03:08particular gruesome crime now the Trinamool Congress it's taking on the CBI and it's it's

03:14you know it comes from the chief minister herself she's leading the attack and she's

03:18categorically stated that had this been with the state then they would have pushed for death

03:23penalty and you know this is not the first time that Mamata Banerjee has openly called for death

03:28penalty in this particular case okay even we clearly remember almost you know when this

03:34reaction of Mamata Banerjee let's play that out for our viewers

04:04and even today we are still working on that claim

04:07but the court's ruling

04:09naturally now all together

04:11I don't know what they will say

04:14but I can speak for myself

04:16or for my party

04:18which is that we in three cases

04:20you have seen

04:22on the 12th

04:24from the 6th day

04:26we have ordered the hangings

04:31but I don't know if this is a serious case

04:34and if this is a hanged case

04:36then we all have a right

04:40in that case

04:42I can speak for myself

04:46we said that this case is in our hands

04:50but we could have ordered the hangings a long time ago

04:52we could have ordered the hangings

04:58I don't know how you fought

05:00what you did

05:03you lawyers know

05:09I don't know the details

05:11the details are being CBI

05:13but we have the case in our hands

05:15we have the case in our hands

05:17we have the case in our hands

05:19we have the case in our hands

05:21we said that if we can't do it

05:23then you can CBI

05:25but we want to think

05:27this is a serious case

05:29this is a serious case

05:32Has CBI been crucial from the beginning?

05:35I can't say that

05:37but I am as I am

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