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"Betrayal of Social Values": Court Awards Death Penalty for Murder of Retired Couple

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A Septuagenarian couple, retired professors, was brutally murdered in their Chitpore home in 2015 by a 35-year-old man they knew and trusted. The court described the crime as a "betrayal of social values and trust," highlighting the extreme violence and premeditated intent involved. The judge, Anirban Das, awarded the death penalty to Sanjay Sen, the killer, remarking that all values and ideals in life were thrown to the winds. The court emphasized the brutality of the crime, including the bludgeoning of the couple with an iron rod for four-and-a-half hours and the mutilation of their bodies.

Key Takeaways:

  • Sanjay Sen, the killer, had built a relationship with the couple over time, initially as a fish seller and later as their rickshaw puller, and had become a trusted member of their household.
  • The couple, Pran Gobinda Das and his wife, were brutally murdered by Sanjay Sen in their Chitpore home, with the judge describing the crime as "sadistic" and the "worst order of betrayal."
  • The judge highlighted the extreme violence and brutality of the crime, including the disfiguring of the couple's faces and the mutilation of their bodies.
  • Sanjay Sen bludgeoned the couple with an iron rod for four-and-a-half hours, earning the crime a place in the "rarest of rare category" deserving the harshest punishment.
  • The court emphasized that the victims depended on the convict as their day-to-day assistant, making the crime even more heinous.
  • Judge Anirban Das awarded the death penalty to Sanjay Sen, remarking that "all values and ideals in life, all norms and obligations, were thrown to the winds."

Statistics:

  • 2015: The year in which the septuagenarian couple was murdered in their Chitpore home.
  • 35 years old: The age of the killer, Sanjay Sen.
  • 4.5 hours: The duration of the bludgeoning of the couple with an iron rod.
  • 75 years old: The age of Pran Gobinda Das, one of the victims.

Sources:

  • TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata, July 1: "Sealdah Court awards death penalty to RG Kar rape-murder convict, also sentences Chitpore couple's killer to death"
  • Judge Anirban Das's order as quoted in TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata, July 1

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