Can you imagine a security guard of any building raping and murdering? I will hang a devil, not a human being....I will be happy to hang the man. It will be my last assignment and then I will go on a pilgrimage.
- Nata Mallick (hangman)
It was a brutal and pre-meditated crime and there should be exemplary punishment in this case. Those who are speaking about the family members of Chatterjee now, have they thought about the family members of Hetal, who was so brutally killed? My only appeal is that a decision in the matter should be taken after considering all aspects under which the crime was committed.
- Gillian Rosemary D'Costa Hart (principal, Welland Godlsmith School - where Hetal Parekh studied)
In this case I am in favour of death sentence. I mean death by hanging. Yes, the message should go. In this case I am in favour of death sentence. In our country, there is no other convention than the death sentence. Other countries have provisions like electric chairs and firing squad.
- Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal)