The parents of the missing Sumanta Bansi are happy with the sentence of Manodj B. to fifteen years in prison. Yet there is also sadness. Because there is no answer to the most important question where their daughter’s body is.
“They are happy that there has been a conviction. On the other hand, they also think that the suffering that she has been inflicted is disproportionate to the punishment. Because you will not get your daughter back with it,” said their lawyer Priya. sukhai.
The parents themselves are too emotional to react. Mother Sharmila Nanda starts to cry when the sentence is pronounced. The entire lawsuit has been hard on them, their lawyer explains. “Your daughter has been killed. They say: he gets 15 years, we have life. We can never meet our daughter again. That makes it difficult.”
Where is body Sumanta?
But what sticks most of all is that they don’t know where Sumanta’s body is. Multiple searches turned up nothing. And the parents had the hope that Manodj B. would tell us where Sumanta can be found during the trial.
For example, in their victim statement they did a emotional call† “Be a man and at least tell us where to find her. We can’t even say goodbye to her,” was the call from father Marlon Bansi.
But Manodj B. denies any involvement and says he does not know where the body is. But the family doesn’t believe that. “They hope to get an answer someday, and find out where their daughter is and then be able to give her a dignified goodbye.
Appeal
Co-defendant and Manodj’s father, Dwarka B., was not convicted. According to the OM, the man would have known about the act, but there is no evidence that he is an accomplice.
Manodj B. informs NH Nieuws/WEEFF through his lawyer Peter Plasman that he will appeal against the sentence. “He was extremely disappointed with the ruling, and was very clear that he wanted to appeal.”