NEW DELHI: The mother of Sanjay Roy, convicted in RG Kar case, has said that if her son was truly guilty, he should be punished even if it meant death penalty.
“If the court decides to hang him to death, I don’t have any objection as his crime has been proved in the eye of the law, I will cry alone but accept it as a quirk of fate, something willed by destiny,” Malati Roy said on Sunday.
Standing at the threshold of her cottage, which is about 5km away from Sealdah court which found Sanjay guilty in rape and murder case of a young medic on August 9, Malati expressed that she would have attended the hearing if the charges were found to false.
“Despite my failing health I would have tried to visit if the charges were found to be untrue,” she said.
She further expressed her sympathy for the victim’s mother saying, “I can feel the anguish and pain of the mother of the woman medic who is like my daughter.” Malati had three daughters, one of whom passed away several years ago.
Meanwhile, Sanjay’s sister described him as a normal child during his early years but noted a change as he grew older, particularly his turn to alcohol. She said that she had never heard of any case against him of misbehaving with any woman.
“As he grew up, he turned to booze but apart from that I myself did not ever hear any case about Sanjay misbehaving with any woman. Of course as we did not have regular contact with him in the past few years and he used to live in a separate locality I don’t have any fair idea about his associations and whether he was involved in any criminal offence,” she said.
“There are reports in media that Sanjay was not alone at the site of crime. So I would expect that investigations must have been thorough to find only one person’s involvement in such a crime. Had others been involved directly or indirectly that should also be investigated and they should be brought to book,” she added.
Sanjay has been charged under BNS Sections 64, 66, and 103/1. The quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday.