Dhananjoy Chatterjee

Dhananjoy Chatterjee was an Indian man convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl in Kolkata in 1990. His case garnered significant media attention and sparked debates about the death penalty in India. After years of legal proceedings, he was sentenced to death and executed in 2004, becoming the first person in West Bengal to be executed after India resumed capital punishment in the 1990s. His case remains notable in discussions about criminal justice, morality, and the ethics of capital punishment in India.