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'''Dhananjoy Chatterjee''' (14 August 1965 – 15 August 2004) was the first person who was judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder. The execution by [[hanging]] took place in [[Alipore Jail]], [[Kolkata]], on 14 August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Six-convicts-in-death-row-in-Bengal-jails/articleshow/16264927.cms|title=Six convicts in death row in Bengal jails|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|title=The Hindu : Front Page : Dhananjoy hanged|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He was charged in 1990 for the crimes of [[rape]] and [[murder]] of Hetal Parekh, a 15-year-old school-girl.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgst.aspx?filename=11728|title = Judgment in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee vs. State of West Bengal|date = 11 January 1994|access-date = 1 December 2015|website = A. S. Anand and N. P. Singh, JJ, para 1, page 226|publisher = Supreme Court of India}}</ref>
'''Dhananjoy Chatterjee''' (14 August 1965 – 15 August 2004) was the first person who was judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder. The execution by [[hanging]] took place in [[Alipore Jail]], [[Kolkata]], on 14 August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Six-convicts-in-death-row-in-Bengal-jails/articleshow/16264927.cms|title=Six convicts in death row in Bengal jails|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150128133210/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-28|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-08-15|title=Front Page : Dhananjoy hanged}}</ref> He was charged in 1990 for the crimes of [[rape]] and [[murder]] of Hetal Parekh, a 15-year-old school-girl.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgst.aspx?filename=11728|title = Judgment in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee vs. State of West Bengal|date = 11 January 1994|access-date = 1 December 2015|website = A. S. Anand and N. P. Singh, JJ, para 1, page 226|publisher = Supreme Court of India}}</ref>


The execution stirred up public debates and attracted immense attention from media. Dhananjoy was [[Conviction|convicted]] and [[hanged]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-last-hanging-took-14-years-after-rape-and-murder/1050101/|title=The last hanging took 14 years after rape and murder}}</ref>
The execution stirred up public debates and attracted immense attention from media. Dhananjoy was [[Conviction|convicted]] and [[hanged]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-last-hanging-took-14-years-after-rape-and-murder/1050101/|title=The last hanging took 14 years after rape and murder}}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Dhananjoy was born in Kuludihi, [[West Bengal]], India, and worked as a security guard in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=http://scroll.in/article/741784/how-india-hanged-a-poor-watchman-whose-guilt-was-far-from-established|title=How India hanged a poor watchman whose guilt was far from established|last=N.|first=Jayaram|date=21 July 2015|work=scroll.in|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> He had married Purnima just eight months before he was arrested in the Hetal Parekh case by falsely claiming he was working in the [[Border Security Force]] when he was only a security guard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/dhananjoys-family-stood-rock-like-behind-him/242067 | title=Dhananjoy's family stood rock-like behind him | publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] | date=15 August 2004 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> Purnima works as an anganwadi worker with a salary of Rs 1,200 per month and after his execution lives with her parents even after the execution of her husband she has refused to remarry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/dhananjoy-widow-seeks-peace/cid/687880 | title=Dhananjoy widow seeks peace | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata),]] | work=Naresh Jana | date=22 January 2005 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/leisure/a-matter-of-life-and-death/cid/101327 | title=A matter of life and death | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] | date=23 August 2005 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
Dhananjoy was born in Kuludihi, [[West Bengal]], India, and worked as a security guard in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=http://scroll.in/article/741784/how-india-hanged-a-poor-watchman-whose-guilt-was-far-from-established|title=How India hanged a poor watchman whose guilt was far from established|last=N.|first=Jayaram|date=21 July 2015|work=scroll.in|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> He had married Purnima just eight months before he was arrested in the Hetal Parekh case by falsely claiming he was working in the [[Border Security Force]] when he was only a security guard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/dhananjoys-family-stood-rock-like-behind-him/242067 | title=Dhananjoy's family stood rock-like behind him | publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] | date=15 August 2004 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> Purnima works as an anganwadi worker with a salary of Rs 1,200 per month and after his execution lives with her parents even after the execution of her husband she has refused to remarry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/dhananjoy-widow-seeks-peace/cid/687880 | title=Dhananjoy widow seeks peace | publisher=The Telegraph | work=Naresh Jana | date=22 January 2005 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/leisure/a-matter-of-life-and-death/cid/101327 | title=A matter of life and death | publisher=The Telegraph | date=23 August 2005 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>


== Case details ==
== Case details ==
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=== Claims of innocence ===
=== Claims of innocence ===
Dhananjoy had claimed repeatedly during his trial that he was completely innocent and that he had nothing to do with the murder, rape or theft. He maintained his stance till the day of his [[Execution (legal)|execution]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dhananjoys-last-words-I-am-innocent/articleshow/815569.cms|title = Dhananjoy's last words: I am innocent|date = 15 August 2004|work = The Times of India|access-date = 1 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|title = Dhananjoy hanged|last = Bhattacharya|first = Malabika|date = 15 August 2004|work = The Hindu|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/14dhan3.htm|title = Dhananjoy pleaded innocence till last: Hangman|date = 15 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 7 December 2015}}</ref>
Dhananjoy had claimed repeatedly during his trial that he was completely innocent and that he had nothing to do with the murder, rape or theft. He maintained his stance till the day of his [[Execution (legal)|execution]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dhananjoys-last-words-I-am-innocent/articleshow/815569.cms|title = Dhananjoy's last words: I am innocent|date = 15 August 2004|work = The Times of India|access-date = 1 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20150128133210/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081509770100.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 28 January 2015|title = Dhananjoy hanged|last = Bhattacharya|first = Malabika|date = 15 August 2004|work = [[The Hindu]]|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/14dhan3.htm|title = Dhananjoy pleaded innocence till last: Hangman|date = 15 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 7 December 2015}}</ref>


== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
Some academics and lawyers have questioned the validity of the death sentence and the proceedings of the trial. Professors from [[Indian Statistical Institute|ISI Kolkata]]—Debasish Sengupta, [[Probal Chaudhuri]] and Paramesh Goswami have conducted investigative journalism on the issue; publishing the findings in a book titled ''Adalat-Media-Samaj Ebong Dhananjayer Fashi (Court-Media-Society and The Hanging of Dhananjoy)'' . It criticized the handling of the case, the media-trial and faulted the delivered judgement. The film [[Dhananjay (film)|Dhananjay]] is primarily based on the book.
Some academics and lawyers have questioned the validity of the death sentence and the proceedings of the trial. Professors from [[Indian Statistical Institute|ISI Kolkata]]—Debasish Sengupta, [[Probal Chaudhuri]] and Paramesh Goswami have conducted investigative journalism on the issue; publishing the findings in a book titled ''Adalat-Media-Samaj Ebong Dhananjayer Fashi'' (Court-Media-Society and The Hanging of Dhananjoy). It criticized the handling of the case, the media-trial and faulted the delivered judgement. The film ''[[Dhananjay (film)|Dhananjay]]'' (2017) is primarily based on the book.


== Execution ==
== Execution ==
Dhananjoy's execution was scheduled on 25 June 2004. It was stayed after his family petitioned the [[Supreme Court of India]], and filed a mercy plea with the then President Dr. [[APJ Abdul Kalam]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2004/06/30/stories/2004063003741300.htm|title = Controversy rages over Dhananjoy issue|last = Bhattacharyya|first = Malabika|date = 30 June 2004|work = The Hindu|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> On 26 June 2004 a campaign to ensure Dhananjoy's hanging was initiated. Mrs. Meera Bhattacharjee, wife of Mr. [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, led the campaign.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040627/asp/frontpage/story_3423327.asp|title = Wife adds tears to Buddha’s hang-him cry - Meera Bhattacharjee joins campaign to ensure condemned rapist 'gets what he deserves'|work = The Telegraph, Calcutta|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/dhananjays-execution-demanded-at-open-debate-in-city/231112|title = Dhananjay's execution demanded at open debate in city|work = Outlook|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> Several individuals and human rights groups came forward to oppose the execution.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2117/stories/20040827004602100.htm|title = The case of death sentence|last = Chattopadhyay|first = Suhrid Sankar|date = 14 August 2004|work = Frontilne|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3562278.stm|title = India carries out rare execution|date = 14 August 2004|work = BBC News|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> The mercy plea was finally rejected by the president on 4 August 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/04dhan.htm|title = Kalam rejects Dhananjoy's mercy petition|last = Singh|first = Onkar|date = 4 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 2 December 2004}}</ref>
Dhananjoy's execution was scheduled on 25 June 2004. It was stayed after his family petitioned the [[Supreme Court of India]], and filed a mercy plea with the then President Dr. [[APJ Abdul Kalam]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2004/06/30/stories/2004063003741300.htm|title = Controversy rages over Dhananjoy issue|last = Bhattacharyya|first = Malabika|date = 30 June 2004|work = [[The Hindu]]|access-date = 2 December 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On 26 June 2004, a campaign to ensure Dhananjoy's hanging was initiated. Mrs. Meera Bhattacharjee, wife of Mr. [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, led the campaign.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040627/asp/frontpage/story_3423327.asp|title = Wife adds tears to Buddha’s hang-him cry - Meera Bhattacharjee joins campaign to ensure condemned rapist 'gets what he deserves'|work = The Telegraph, Calcutta|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/dhananjays-execution-demanded-at-open-debate-in-city/231112|title = Dhananjay's execution demanded at open debate in city|work = Outlook|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> Several individuals and human rights groups came forward to oppose the execution.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2117/stories/20040827004602100.htm|title = The case of death sentence|last = Chattopadhyay|first = Suhrid Sankar|date = 14 August 2004|work = Frontilne|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3562278.stm|title = India carries out rare execution|date = 14 August 2004|work = BBC News|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> The mercy plea was finally rejected by the president on 4 August 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/04dhan.htm|title = Kalam rejects Dhananjoy's mercy petition|last = Singh|first = Onkar|date = 4 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 2 December 2004}}</ref>


The date of Dhananjoy's execution was fixed at a high-level meeting at the office of Jail Minister [[Biswanath Chowdhury]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/report/kolkata/20040810.htm|title = Dhananjoy hanging: August 14, 0430 IST|date = 10 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> He was executed on 15 August 2004 - not his 39th birthday.
The date of Dhananjoy's execution was fixed at a high-level meeting at the office of Jail Minister [[Biswanath Chowdhury]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/report/kolkata/20040810.htm|title = Dhananjoy hanging: August 14, 0430 IST|date = 10 August 2004|work = rediff.com|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> He was executed on 15 August 2004 - not his 39th birthday.


The family refused to claim his body<ref name=":5" /> and it was later [[cremated]].<ref name=":4" />
The family refused to claim his body<ref name=":5" /> and it was later [[cremated]].<ref name=":4"/>


== Media ==
== Media ==
[[Dhananjay (film)|Dhananjay]], a film based on the events of the case was released on 11 August 2017 regionally and on [[Amazon Prime]]. The film was directed by Arindam Sil, and cast [[Anirban Bhattacharya]] and [[Mimi Chakraborty]] in the lead roles.
[[Dhananjay (film)|Dhananjay]], a film based on the events of the case was released on 11 August 2017 regionally and on [[Amazon Prime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Film-on-Dhananjoy-hanging-case/articleshow/55538008.cms|title=Film on Dhananjoy hanging case|access-date=12 December 2016|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name=":m2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/dhananjoy-the-movie-all-set-to-ask-uncomfortable-questions-1483961.html|title=Dhananjay The Movie is All Set to Ask Uncomfortable Questions|website=News18}}</ref><ref name=":m1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/movie-on-dhananjay-family-members-say-betrayed-director-claims-they-were-happy-4795483/|title=Movie on Dhananjay: Family members say ‘betrayed’, director claims they were happy|date=14 August 2017}}</ref> The film was directed by Arindam Sil, and cast [[Anirban Bhattacharya]] and [[Mimi Chakraborty]] in the lead roles.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=52429 "''Dhananjoy to be hanged''"] – article in the [[Indian Express]] dated 5 August 2004 referring to his mercy petition being rejected by the President of India
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=52429 "''Dhananjoy to be hanged''"] – article in the [[Indian Express]] dated 5 August 2004 referring to his mercy petition being rejected by the President of India
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040825205612/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug112004/i4.asp "''Dhananjoy Chatterjee to be hanged on Saturday''"] – article in the [[Deccan Herald]] on 11 August 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040825205612/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug112004/i4.asp "''Dhananjoy Chatterjee to be hanged on Saturday''"] – article in the [[Deccan Herald]] on 11 August 2004
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_940875,00180008.htm "''On death row Chatterjee gets a reprieve''"] – article in HTTabloid.com dated 11 August 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050428002943/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_940875,00180008.htm "''On death row Chatterjee gets a reprieve''"] – article in HTTabloid.com dated 11 August 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040930113654/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=35020 "''Dhananjoy Chatterjee cremated''"] – article in Indian Express dated 14 August 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040930113654/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=35020 "''Dhananjoy Chatterjee cremated''"] – article in Indian Express dated 14 August 2004


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Dhananjoy Chatterjee
Born
Dhananjoy Chatterjee

(1965-08-14)14 August 1965
Kuludihi, West Bengal, India
Died15 August 2004(2004-08-15) (aged 39)
Alipore Jail, Kolkata, India
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal charge(s)Murder
Rape

Dhananjoy Chatterjee (14 August 1965 – 15 August 2004) was the first person who was judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder. The execution by hanging took place in Alipore Jail, Kolkata, on 14 August 2004.[1][2] He was charged in 1990 for the crimes of rape and murder of Hetal Parekh, a 15-year-old school-girl.[3]

The execution stirred up public debates and attracted immense attention from media. Dhananjoy was convicted and hanged.[4]

This was the first hanging in West Bengal since 21 August 1991 at Alipore Jail.[5][6][7]

Personal life

Dhananjoy was born in Kuludihi, West Bengal, India, and worked as a security guard in Kolkata.[8] He had married Purnima just eight months before he was arrested in the Hetal Parekh case by falsely claiming he was working in the Border Security Force when he was only a security guard.[9] Purnima works as an anganwadi worker with a salary of Rs 1,200 per month and after his execution lives with her parents even after the execution of her husband she has refused to remarry.[10][11]

Case details

Hetal Parekh was a student of Welland Gouldsmith School at Bowbazar, Kolkata. She used to live with her parents and elder brother in a third floor flat of Anand Apartments in Bhawanipore. The Parekhs moved into this flat in 1987. Dhananjoy was a security guard of this agency. He had worked in that building for about three years.

On 5 March 1990, Dhananjoy performed security duty during the morning shift (6 am to 2 pm). Hetal left for her ICSE examination at about 7:30 am. After the examination, she returned home. In the afternoon, only Hetal and her mother were there in the flat.

Hetal's mother went to visit a temple in the vicinities in the afternoon. After returning from the temple, she being unable to enter her home, despite repeated knocking, asked some servants of other flats to break the door open. Hetal was found lying dead near the door connecting the living room with the Parekh couple's bedroom with blood stains on her face and on the floor. Two local doctors examined Hetal and declared her dead.

Dhananjoy was not seen in the area after the murder had been discovered. He became the focal point of police investigations. He was eventually arrested by the police from his village home at Kuludihi near Chhatna, Bankura, in the early hours of 12 May 1990.

The case was investigated by the Detective Department of Kolkata Police. The chargesheet prepared by the police included the charges of rape, murder and the theft of a wrist watch. The trial took place in the second court of the Additional Sessions Judge at Alipore. Since there was no direct witness to the murder, the case hinged on circumstantial evidence only. After the sessions court convicted Dhananjoy of all the offenses and sentenced him to death, the High Court at Calcutta and the Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction and the death sentence. The Supreme Court convicted Dhananjoy and regarded the crime as a heinous combination of offenses, aggravated by the fact that as a security guard Dhananjoy had been in charge of the victim's safety—enough to make it belong to the rarest of rare category of crimes-warranting a death sentence.

Claims of innocence

Dhananjoy had claimed repeatedly during his trial that he was completely innocent and that he had nothing to do with the murder, rape or theft. He maintained his stance till the day of his execution.[12][13][14]

Controversies

Some academics and lawyers have questioned the validity of the death sentence and the proceedings of the trial. Professors from ISI Kolkata—Debasish Sengupta, Probal Chaudhuri and Paramesh Goswami have conducted investigative journalism on the issue; publishing the findings in a book titled Adalat-Media-Samaj Ebong Dhananjayer Fashi (Court-Media-Society and The Hanging of Dhananjoy). It criticized the handling of the case, the media-trial and faulted the delivered judgement. The film Dhananjay (2017) is primarily based on the book.

Execution

Dhananjoy's execution was scheduled on 25 June 2004. It was stayed after his family petitioned the Supreme Court of India, and filed a mercy plea with the then President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.[15] On 26 June 2004, a campaign to ensure Dhananjoy's hanging was initiated. Mrs. Meera Bhattacharjee, wife of Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, led the campaign.[15][16][17][3] Several individuals and human rights groups came forward to oppose the execution.[18][19] The mercy plea was finally rejected by the president on 4 August 2004.[20]

The date of Dhananjoy's execution was fixed at a high-level meeting at the office of Jail Minister Biswanath Chowdhury.[21] He was executed on 15 August 2004 - not his 39th birthday.

The family refused to claim his body[19] and it was later cremated.[13]

Media

Dhananjay, a film based on the events of the case was released on 11 August 2017 regionally and on Amazon Prime.[22][23][24] The film was directed by Arindam Sil, and cast Anirban Bhattacharya and Mimi Chakraborty in the lead roles.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Six convicts in death row in Bengal jails". The Times of India.
  2. ↑ "Front Page : Dhananjoy hanged". The Hindu. 15 August 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Judgment in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee vs. State of West Bengal". A. S. Anand and N. P. Singh, JJ, para 1, page 226. Supreme Court of India. 11 January 1994. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "The last hanging took 14 years after rape and murder".
  5. ↑ "I hanged my first victim when I was 16". indianexpress.com.
  6. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro". telegraphindia.com.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  8. ↑ N., Jayaram (21 July 2015). "How India hanged a poor watchman whose guilt was far from established". scroll.in. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dhananjoy's family stood rock-like behind him". Outlook. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Dhananjoy widow seeks peace". Naresh Jana. The Telegraph. 22 January 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "A matter of life and death". The Telegraph. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Dhananjoy's last words: I am innocent". The Times of India. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bhattacharya, Malabika (15 August 2004). "Dhananjoy hanged". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 December 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ "Dhananjoy pleaded innocence till last: Hangman". rediff.com. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Bhattacharyya, Malabika (30 June 2004). "Controversy rages over Dhananjoy issue". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 December 2015.[dead link]
  16. ↑ "Wife adds tears to Buddha's hang-him cry - Meera Bhattacharjee joins campaign to ensure condemned rapist 'gets what he deserves'". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Dhananjay's execution demanded at open debate in city". Outlook. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  18. ↑ Chattopadhyay, Suhrid Sankar (14 August 2004). "The case of death sentence". Frontilne. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "India carries out rare execution". BBC News. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  20. ↑ Singh, Onkar (4 August 2004). "Kalam rejects Dhananjoy's mercy petition". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 December 2004.
  21. ↑ "Dhananjoy hanging: August 14, 0430 IST". rediff.com. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "Film on Dhananjoy hanging case". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  23. ↑ "Dhananjay The Movie is All Set to Ask Uncomfortable Questions". News18.
  24. ↑ "Movie on Dhananjay: Family members say 'betrayed', director claims they were happy". 14 August 2017.

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