As Kolkata Police continues to be attempting to piece collectively the homicide of a 50-year-old lady, whose physique was present in a trolley bag because it was being disposed of within the Hooghly river by a mother-daughter duo, investigation thus far has revealed that the accused behaved utterly regular and didn’t look nervous in any respect as they switched autos from their Madhyagram house in North 24 Parganas to Kumartuli Ghat in Kolkata.
Additionally, in accordance with the police, the lady was killed between 4 to five pm on Sunday after her head was bashed in opposition to a wall a number of occasions. “The physique remained within the rented flats of Aarti Ghosh, 55, and Falguni Ghosh, 34, in Madhyamgram for over 40 hours earlier than they determined to eliminate it. The mom and daughter tried to stuff the physique into the trolley bag, however it was not becoming. So, they lower her legs and dumped them in a close-by pond,” a police officer concerned within the probe stated.
As per the sequence of occasions, concluded by the investigators, the 2 girls referred to as a van to their residence on Tuesday morning round 5.30 am. The 2 girls wore masks.
The van driver, who took them to Doltala close to Madhyamgram for Rs 130, instructed police that he didn’t discover something uncommon and the 2 girls didn’t look nervous or tense. From Doltala, the ladies then employed a taxi to Kumartuli Ghat , a distance of 17 km, and paid the taxi driver Rs 600. “The heavy bag didn’t hassle me a lot as a result of they appeared very regular. I fetch airport passengers more often than not they usually all carry heavy baggage. So, it didn’t catch my consideration,” stated the taxi driver.
On Tuesday evening, a workforce of Kolkata police accompanied by forensic consultants reached the Madhyamgram flat of the accused and carried out an intensive search. “Roughly 20 objects have been seized as proof,” a police officer stated. “The investigation is ongoing. We’re piecing collectively the timeline and the motive behind this ugly crime,” stated one other officer.
On Tuesday morning, individuals at Kumartuli Ghat caught the 2 girls after they noticed blood stains on the trolley bag, which they struggled to maneuver. Police arrested them after the physique of a lady was discovered contained in the bag. The physique was recognized as Sumita Ghosh (50), sister of Falguni’s father-in-law. Police stated that Sumita had come to Aarati’s Madhyamgram home just a few days in the past. Whereas Aarati works as a home assist, Falguni is separated from her husband, a resident of Jorhat in Assam. In the meantime, the 2 accused have been produced at a court docket in Kolkata on Wednesday and have been remanded to one-day police custody. For the reason that homicide befell in Madhyamgram, the court docket ordered the Barasat Police to take over the investigation.
“The accused will likely be produced at a court docket in Barasat on Thursday,” the officer stated.
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