Jagacha murders: Woman, lover confess to crime
The blood trail from the mother-daughter murder in Jagacha has led to a sordid tale of sex, blackmail and vengeance. The cause of the killing is saved in the mobile of victim Srabonti Ghosh, who had allegedly captured on her camera phone prime suspects Samir Barik and Somasree Das in compromising positions.
On Tuesday, the police arrested Samir Barik from Ghatakpukur in North 24 Parganas followed by the arrest of Somasree Das alias Tusi.
According to the police, Somasree and Samir first killed Srabonti, but after they found that the victim’s seven-year-old daughter Prapti had seen them committing the crime, they strangulated her also.
“Somasree and Samir were involved in an illicit relationship. Srabonti came to know about it and so she was killed,” said Superintendent of Police (Howrah), Neeraj Kumar Singh. “Srabonti had captured some photographs of the duo in a compromising position in her cellphone and started blackmailing them,” said Singh. Srabonti’s husband Partho Ghosh and Somasree’s husband Chandan Das were good friends, but the relations soured in the last few weeks.
On the day of the murder, Somasree made a call to Samir, after returning from Srabonti’s house that led the police to sense the involvement of other people in the twin murders. The police have not yet ruled out the possibility of Srabonti’s husband in the crime. On February 25, police recovered the bodies of Srabonti and Prapti from their bedroom.
“This type of the crime suggests that these were cold blooded murders and had pre-planned the killing. Both the persons were not only strangulated but they were chopped severely on their neck and throat,” Singh said.
In the afternoon of February 26, Srabonti was watching TV in her bedroom while daughter Prapti was sleeping. Somasree reached neighbour Srabonti’s house in Asutosh Ghosh Lane, of Jagacha, around 2.30pm. Samir arrived minutes later.
During interrogation on Tuesday night, Samir broke down and confessed that they had first asked Srabonti to hand over her mobile phone, but she refused.
A heated altercation broke out, with Srabonti threatening to raise an alarm and alert Somasree’s in-laws, who live within shouting distance, about her extra-marital affair.
“Samir donned a pair of surgical gloves and tried to silence Srabonti by throttling her. As she slumped to the ground, he first strangled her with some cloth and then stabbed her with a sharp weapon,” said an investigating officer who had heard out Samir’s confession.
“Suddenly, little Prapti woke up and the two panicked. Somasree then slipped on another pair of surgical gloves, smothered the girl with a pillow and then stabbed her once,” he added.
After the double murder, the two took Srabonti’s mobile phone and left. Somasree went home while Samir threw the blood-stained gloves next to a pond and took a rickshaw to reach Kona Expressway. From there, he boarded a bus and returned home.
A probe revealed that Samir had visited Srabonti’s house alone “nine to ten times over the past two months”. Her husband Partho, a BPO employee, was in the dark, police said.
“Interrogation is on to trace the mobile phone, the only thing missing from the Ghosh house,” said an officer, adding that the call details of Somasree’s cellphone had led to Samir’s arrest from his Duttapukur house on Tuesday.
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