A 33-year-old man from Bar­rack­pore, who was sen­tenced to hang for the bru­tal mur­ders of his es­tranged com­mon-law wife and their 14-month-old daugh­ter, has ap­pealed.

On Mon­day, Rishi “Cook Meat” Moti­lal’s lawyers Stephen Wil­son and Ayan­na Norville-Mod­este, of the Pub­lic De­fend­ers’ De­part­ment (PDD), filed the ap­peal against his con­vic­tions. Moti­lal was ac­cused of mur­der­ing his 34-year-old com­mon-law wife Tara Ram­sa­roop and their daugh­ter Sher­maya Ja­da Moti­lal, on Oc­to­ber 8, 2024.

The moth­er and tod­dler’s bod­ies were found at Moti­lal’s home. Ram­sa­roop had been chopped mul­ti­ple times, while the ba­by’s throat had been slit.