Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri who died in the Gulberg massacre said she was unhappy with the quantum of sentence and would challenge the order in a higher court.
“After so many people died, that’s all the court could decide? Just 11 guilty? I will have to fight this,” Jafri said.
Gulberg massacre: 11 get life term, Zakia Jafri to move HC against sentence | india-news | Hindustan Times
The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) also said the sentence was too “lenient”.
“We feel the sentence is lenient and inadequate…We are not convinced with the penalty awarded,” said SIT special prosecutor RC Kodekar who expressed anguish over the court’s refusal to add “till death” clause in the life sentence awarded to 11 convicts.
Activist Teesta Setalvad who has been fighting for justice for the victims, also expressed disappointment with the “lesser sentence”.
