Truth being suppressed, how can no one see anything: murdered boy’s Mother

While Chaudhuri rushed Aabesh to the hospital, a little before 7 pm on Saturday, he was declared dead upon arrival by doctors. Minutes later, his mother Rimjhim Dasgupta arrived at the hospital, only to realise that she would never speak to her son again.

“When I reached the hospital, everybody was there. All his friends and their parents. Only my son wasn’t there. I was the last person to reach. Police are not telling me what happened and this makes me fear that at some level, the truth is being suppressed,” said Rimjhim. While police sources said those present at the party claimed that they hadn’t witnessed the incident, the family refused to believe them.

“How is that possible? There were so many people, so many children, and no one saw anything. Is it possible when someone is killing the other? I think if the children are interrogated properly, the truth will come out… I feel that every parent should come out and speak about what happened, so the truth can come out,” said Rimjhim.

Aabesh’s father, Saugata Banerjee — an assistant director working with Sandip Ray — had died on February 14, this year. Since then, the family said while the 17-year-old had become quiet, he had coped well.

The boy’s grandmother, Krishna Dasgupta, was the first person to be informed about Aabesh’s injuries.

“We never thought something like this could happen. We did not know he had friends who could murder him. I keep fearing that the investigation will be influenced from the top because of the high-profile nature of the case,” she said.

Aabesh’s last words to his grandmother were that he was going to a friends birthday party and would returning by late evening. But by late evening, she learnt from a friend of Aabesh that he was in the ICU.

“Even now, I keep thinking he will come back. He has just stepped out and he is coming back,” she said.