Pallavi Purkayasta murder: Family demands death for guilty security guard

Almost two years after Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, 25, was killed in her Wadala flat by a security guard, the main accused, Sajjad Ahmed Moghul was convicted by a Mumbai court on Monday morning. Sajjad was convicted on charges of murder, molestation and breaking in. [caption id=“attachment_414910” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A photo of Pallavi Purkayastha from her Facebook page[/caption] The quantum of sentence will be given on Wednesday. Purkayastha’s murder on August 9, 2012 had shocked Mumbai. According to the prosecution’s case, Sajjad was reportedly ticked off at her for rebuking him on a previous occasion. He tripped electricity to her flat and entered when she called for help. He took the keys to her flat from a bowl by the entrance door and then let himself in later, attempting to rape her and then stabbing her fatally. Her body was found by her boyfriend Avik Sengupta, who also died of an illness in November last year. “It has been a terrible wait,” said Purkayastha’s father outside the courtroom after the judgment was delivered on Monday. Asked if he expected the death penalty for Sajjad, the father said, “That’s the minimum.”