Hopeful in Soumya case: Mother

NEW DELHI: “I feel relieved,” said Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of murdered journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, after two men who killed IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in

NEW DELHI: “I feel relieved,” said Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of murdered journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, after two men who killed IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in Delhi in 2009 were sentenced to death and one got life imprisonment.

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The verdict, she said, brought justice to Jigisha’s family and gave her “strong hope”.

On September 30, 2008, six months before Ghosh was shot, TV journalist Vishwanathan, then 25, was murdered on Nelson Mandela Road when she was returning home from work at about 3.30am.

The accused in both cases are the same.

“...They have struggled a lot for this day. Now, I am hopeful that the court gives the same judgment in Soumya’s case. These men, who murdered Soumya and Jigisha in cold blood, should be given the strictest of punishment. If they are punished, it might save many more innocent deaths,” she said.

Madhavi said she even visited the court for the hearing.

“I was there at the court. This case is no more just about my own daughter. This is a fight against these men and we have to win it. I attended the hearing and congratulated Jigisha’s parents, who have been bravely pursuing the case for all these years. I draw strength from Jigisha’s parents. We are all very happy and content with the judgment,” she said.

It took six months for Delhi Police to arrest the accused in Vishwanathan’s murder. The case had hit a dead end but after the men were arrested for Ghosh’s murder, they admitted their involvement in Soumya’s murder.