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Mother and daughter murdered at Jagacha
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editor on 27 February, 2008 03:48:00
 
HOWRAH Feb. 26: A 38-year-old woman, Shrabani Ghosh, and her seven-year-old
daughter Tithi were murdered at their residence near Jagacha in Howrah this
afternoon.
The motive behind the murder couldn't be ascertained. No one was arrested in
this connection. Police said, a neighbour of the victims rang up Jagacha police
station and said he spotted the bodies of Shrabani and her daughter when he had
gone to their home around 4 p.m. today. Police officers reached the spot and saw
Shrabani lying in a pool of blood. Tithi's body was found lying on the floor of
the room which was opened. The bodies were sent to a nearby hospital for
autopsy.
“Tithi was strangled while the her mother was stabbed in the throat. We
are questioning Shrabani's husband, who works in a BPO centre,” said Mr
Milan Kanta Das, additional superintendent of police (Town). The officer said,
they questioned local residents who failed to provide any leads about the
murders. Nothing was found missing from the room.
“Shrabani's husband was at his office when the murders took place. We
have informed him about the murders and asked him to come to the police
station,” said Mr Das.
There was tension in the area after the bodies were recovered. Though local
people claimed they spotted an empty bottle of liquor lying beside the bodies,
police said they have not seized anything from the room. When police officers
asked neighbours of the victims whether they had spotted any unknown person
entering the house of the victims today, the villagers replied in the negative.