Kolkata: After being suspended from the party earlier this month, Trinamool Congress leader Santanu Sen, who had been most vocal on the issue of R.G. Kar rape and murder case, has now lost his official portfolio in the West Bengal Medical Council.

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court has handed life imprisonment for sole accused Sanjay Roy in the horrific rape-and-murder case.

The former civic police volunteer was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court in Kolkata on Monday.

Unhappy with the verdict, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said death penalty would have been ensured if the case been handled by the Kolkata Police

Sanjay Roy was held guilty under Sections 66 (rape), 64 (causing injury resulting in death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government had filed a plea challenging the life imprisonment sentence handed to Sanjay Roy, sole accused in RG Kar rape-murder case.

The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court for the death penalty for Sanjoy Roy, convicted in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case, after the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

The Calcutta High Court today, Tuesday, January 21, granted permission to the West Bengal government to file an appeal against the Sealdah court's order regarding the RG Kar convict's sentencing, reported PTI.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday has allowed the West Bengal government to file an appeal against the special court order that sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment until death in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case,