‘Had it been with Kolkata Police, we would have ensured death sentence,’ says Mamata on RG Kar case

KOLKATA: Expressing dissatisfaction over the court giving life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed the probe was “forcibly” taken away from the Kolkata Police, and asserted that had it been with them, they would have ensured a death penalty.Speaking to reporters in Murshidabad district, Banerjee questioned the CBI investigation in the case.”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, death penalty was ensured. I am not satisfied,” she said.



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