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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 15 August 2004.
Nov 18, 2021 · Dhananjoy Chatterjee was a security guard who was convicted for the rape and murder of an 18-year-old schoolgirl. The case was termed as a ‘rarest of rare’ case and capital punishment was issued against Dhananjoy Chatterjee.
According to the prosecution case, the appellant Dhananjoy was one of the security guards deputed to guard the building 'Anand Apartment' by M/s Security and Investigating Bureau of which Mr Shyam Karmakar PW 21 was the proprietor.
Aug 26, 2004 · Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who worked as a lift operator in the building where Hetal Parekh and her family lived, raped and killed the girl when she returned to an empty flat from school. The Alipore...
Jul 21, 2015 · Although bearing a Brahmin name, Dhananjay Chatterjee was far from being a member of the Kolkata bhadralok, or intellectual elite. He was an impoverished guard in a building where an...
Dhananjoy Chatterjee (August 14, 1965 in Kuludihi, West Bengal, India - August 14, 2004 at Alipore Central Jail in Calcutta, India) was a security guard who was executed by hanging for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Hetal Parekh on March 5, 1990 at her apartment residence in Bhowanipur.
Jul 4, 2017 · On his 42nd birthday, after spending nearly 14 years in prison, Dhananjoy Chatterjee was hanged to death. Convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in an apartment in South Kolkata in...
Jan 27, 1994 · Dhananjoy Chatterjee faces execution after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence on 12 January. A private security guard, he was sentenced to death for rape and murder by the Calcutta High Court.
Apr 19, 1994 · Dhananjoy Chatterjee was sentenced to death in August 1991 for rape and murder. The High Court and the Supreme Court have both upheld his sentence, but the date of his execution has been postponed several times.
The President of India has rejected the mercy petition which Dhananjoy Chatterjee's family submitted on 24 June. The state authorities are preparing for his execution, which will not take place before 26 August.
