Pratyusha Banerjee Commits Suicide - ALL DISCUSSIONS HERE ONLY - Page 36

Originally posted by: Shinya

@stephi, agree that media play an important role, but their role is only to cause awareness among people and to follow up the event persistently till justice is done, like they did in Jessica Lal case.

In jessica lal case, if not for the media, the killers would have gone scot-free as they were the sons of influential people.

However, media does not give justice to anyone. It is the job of the court.

By holding press conference, what did the friends achieve? What they said in the conference is called 'hearsay', is there any evidence for it?

Originally posted by: Snehamadhuri

Why police and court are not taking statements from her friends and neighbors ? Many witnesses are there who are ready to give statements , to tell the truth , to produce the evidences in the form of her conversations with them, and what they have seen and heard on that day from her flat .

A simple question , why the police did not arrest him as a suspect immediately after her killing/ suicide ?

The grieving parents did a mistake in their grief , instead of filing a criminal case [ under Section 302 ] they wrongly filed under Section 306 Abetment of suicide . That was their biggest mistake . By filing the case on that basis , indirectly they paved the way for his escape route . It was a bailable offence and because of that ,he is getting extensions , an unending bail .

Originally posted by: SPuja

Why would an independent, working lady agree to distance herself from all? Rahul was not even her husband. If he was such a bad person - where was the need to agree to his irrational demands?

Originally posted by: Shinya

Pratyusha Banerjee suicide: Rahul Raj Singh seeks legal action against people who tried to 'defame' him

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-rahul-raj-singh-seeks-legal-action-against-people-who-tried-to-defame-him-2208446

Actor Pratyusha Banerjee's boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh is likely to take legal action against few television personalities claiming that they tried to defame him. He also alleged that these personalities tried to insult the death of his girlfriend. Singh has been appearing before the Bangur Nagar police for questioning as per the directions of the Bombay High Court.

While speaking to dna on Monday, Singh said, "Right from the beginning, I have been accused for things that I haven't done. I have been projected wrongly in front of the media and in front of the people. Pratyusha's death have been portrayed as a joke by her own friends who are now putting allegations on me. If I was torturing her, then why she did not mentioned this to any of her friends? And if in case she had mentioned our relationship problems to her close ones then why they didn't came forward at that time?"

Singh added, "Not only me but Pratyusha is also being targeted by putting her dead body's photo on social media. Pratyusha's parents too, had changed their statements after getting influenced by some people. If I was hurting Pratyusha, then being her parents they could have stopped her to stay with me. I was in good relations with her parents from the very beginning. It's suspicious that after listening to someone they have changed their statements.

But this time, I shall seek a legal action against those who instigated Pratyusha's parents to change their point of view against me and tried to defame me as well as Pratyusha's image on cultural, moral, ethical and humanitarian values."

Singh's father, Harshwardhan, in a written letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis dated April 16, stated that some anti-social elements were trying to tarnish his family's image. He said that it was harming Singh's career.

On April 25, the HC accepted the anticipatory bail application of Singh. He is being questioned further in the case on Monday, Thursday and Saturday at Bangur Nagar police station. The police have seized the cell phones of both Singh and Pratyusha as evidence. The residence in which Pratyusha committed suicide on April 1 has been sealed by the police. The couple were staying as tenants and according to the HC, as the investigation is still on, the keys would not be handed over to the resident.

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For once he is right. Those questions arose in our minds too.. the so-called friends who came forward to hold press conference knew nothing about her. They had even denied that she was ever pregnant... if Kamya and others were friends then why did Prats not tell them about her pregnancy?

They were not friends and what they wanted through the press conf was not justice to pratyusha but fame to themselves and to make some money for themselves... such a shame 🤢.

Originally posted by: Stephi

As far as I understood many things about him surfaced only after Pratyusha's death. Those cheated girls themselves come forward with the truth.( among other things.)I suppose that the police did some research too -as it is required by the procedure in such cases.

Originally posted by: Snehamadhuri

Freedom of expression in India recently is taking dangerous turns , by twisting the law to make new amendments to benefit the convicts .

Ofcourse by law ,a prosecutor should not make or authorize the making of an extrajudicial statement that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication if the prosecutor knows or reasonably should know that it will have a substantial likelihood of prejudicing a criminal proceeding. The prosecution function should be performed by a public prosecutor who is a lawyer subject to the standards of professional conduct and discipline. But here we have to give due weightage to the strong feelings of that lawyer , the conscience of a person which prevents him to do wrong things . That is the main cause for his ex- lawyer's distancing himself from the case , which stands right in the eyes of law . There are certain rules as well as some deviations / amendments too in the Indian Penal Code . An efficient lawyer can unearth , entwine , adjust the proceedings acco. to the law of the land , and can argue on the basis of crime and conscience !!

But one main point here is , the convict[ Rahul ] has no right to criticize the public outcry for his criminal attitude towards the deceased person [ Pratyusha ] for which he was convicted . The case is pending and he is liable to follow the rules of the court , which he violated by giving public statements in an outright manner and insulting the sentiments of public .😡 For which , anyone of us can file a case against him , PIL [ Public Interest Litigation case ,] Article 32 of the Indian constitution contains a tool which directly joins the public with judiciary. A PIL may be introduced in a court of law by the court itself (suo motu), rather than the aggrieved party or another third party.

he was attracted to her money and fame , she believed him for his fascinating way of impressing her by putting a birthday poster on the highway ,[ with the swiped money from another girl ] and for arranging her Birthday party in a grand way [ later we realised that he did not pay money for that !] At least at that stage she has to cut off from this treacherous liar .

Just imagine , if he threatened her with some video or of that sort , what she could do in such a situation ? He allured her , deceived her , tortured her , murdered her , no need to think for even one second , that was not a suicide , it was a murder , if it was a suicide , who ransacked her room later ? Who deleted the messages and conversations in that same evening ? Why , so many wounds on her body ? If he loved her sooo [ o faced fellow , used three 000 there😡] much , then that tiny life which started it's journey to this world must be so precious to him , why he wanted to end it's life ? Just imagine , neighbors in their statement , that afternoon they heard her wails , crying etc , imagining her plight at that time and my heart is bleeding , my soul is crying inconsolably , he has to face the curse of all her fans , no escape for him , even if the legal system fail , even if the money win the life of a sinner , but one day he has to face the curse , then he will remember , how he made her suffer and how he killed her .

Originally posted by: Shinya

Exactly, there is no clue to why she was living with him when she knew he was a bad person.

Why did she not report him to the police or ask for social workers help?

Originally posted by: anglecat9

What astonishing me is people are picking flaws of a diseased person even after her death, these were the same people who never allowed her to live in peace when she was alive. All thanks to the the media coverage and articles floated every often. For once no body personally knew her even in the virtual world or in person including me. But as women I will try to understand other women about her obligations which led her to live with that guy called Rahul. She might be aware about him in bits and peaces but then she trusted him and his words and continued staying with him thinking everything will be alright one day. She was committed to him in turn what did she receive betrayal and death. And to an extent people are killing her again and again.

Who knows everything would have been alright had she not died and married him officially. But then destiny had something else and everyone who supported her later came into scanner. Yes I too will agree that where were these so called friends when she needed them most. Who knows she might have called them and they ignored her.

She might have obliged to his demands in distancing everyone including her parents thinking that once everything falls into place then she can mend her relations with them again. Does these things not happen in real life love marriages or arranged marriages? Yes there is an advantage in arranged marriage that the couple will have support in one form or the other.

Originally posted by: Stephi

Perhaps this kind of questions may be the real reason why millions of abused women around the world do not dare to speak out about abuse. People will rather blame the victim than the abuser.
Victim-blaming attitudes marginalize the victim and make it harder to come forward and report the abuse.

''Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. ("Violence Against Women, A Majority Staff Report," Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 102nd Congress, October 1992, p.3.)

There are 1,500 shelters for battered women in the United States. There are 3,800 animal shelters. (Schneider, 1990).

Three to four million women in the United States are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands, ex-husbands, or male lovers. ("Women and Violence," Hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, August 29 and December 11, 1990, Senate Hearing 101-939, pt. 1, p. 12.)

One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991).

One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: to gain and maintain total control over you. An abuser doesn't "play fair." Abusers use fear, guilt, shame, and intimidation to wear you down and keep you under his or her thumb. Your abuser may also threaten you, hurt you, or hurt those around you.

It is through fear that men are able to control women's behaviour, movements and freedom.

And so on...

Pratyusha Banerjee had decided to get out of this relationship, to file a case against her abuser. Next day she was found dead.