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Husband detained in Jagacha Twin murder
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 05 March, 2008 10:02:00
 
Shrabanti and Prapti were found lying in pools of blood last Thursday evening.
While Shrabanti’s throat had been slashed, her daughter had been smothered
to death. Though Shrabanti’s husband Partha, a BPO employee, had claimed
that he was not at home, the needle of suspicion soon turned to him and his
friends.
After Partha, a Howrah police team detained his close friend Indrajit Das alias
Chandan on Tuesday evening. His wife Tusi, who is pregnant, was put under house
arrest. Earlier, an interrogation revealed that Tusi visited the Ghosh residence
on the day of the murder and had a quarrel with Shrabanti. Tusi had claimed she
had gone to the Ghosh residence to enquire about Prapti’s health.
The team then detained Chandan’s brother-in-law Sadhan Pradhan. His
fingerprints matched those on the pair of surgical gloves found beside the
bodies. Police dogs had also tracked down another glove close to a nearby
murder. A Jagachha police source said, “Our interrogation revealed that he
had supplied the gloves.”
Later in the evening, police arrested Samir Barik, reportedly an acquaintance
of the Dases, from his Duttapukur residence. Tusi’s call details showed
that Barik had called her thrice on the day of the murder. They have spoke for
over an hour. "Barik’s fingerprint matched those found in different corner
of the room in which the bodies were found," the source said.
However, police is yet to home in on a motive. They think the suspects were
looking for photographs or CDs. Shrabanti was killed when she tried to prevent
them from doing so, said officers. Prapti was killed as she could have
identified the assailants.