Kalyani (WB), December 29: The family members of rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced by a trial court to life imprisonment for sedition, was happy that prominent lawyer Ram Jethmalani has offered to defend him.
“When an advocate of the stature of Ram Jethmalani has offered his professional help to defend Sen, it proves that there are flaws in the verdict,” the activist’s 84-year-old ailing mother Anasua Sen said here in Nadia district.
“It is a matter of great luck for me. I am grateful to him (Jethmalani),” she said.
If Sen seeks his professional assistance, “I will do it for him. I will be very happy to fight for him….
Personally, I think the case is weak. I think Sen has been wrongly convicted.” Jethmalani had said in New Delhi yesterday.
–Agencies