Parents: It’ll send out a message

The parents of Esther Anuhya said on Friday that the death sentence given to Chandrabhan Sanap would send out a strong message to those with criminal intentions and help reduce such crimes against women in the country.

Esther’s father, retired professor S. Jonathan Surendra Prasad, said that he and every well-wisher of the family had expected the death sentence for the accused.

“Though I did not reveal this until now, internally we desired the death penalty for the murderer. We hope this teaches a lesson to every person who thinks of hampering the right to life of a girl in the country. We are not sure he (Sanap) would have changed if he was given life imprisonment, there is no use of such people living,” he said.