GUWAHATI: Police in Assam’s Guwahati arrested a girl and two of her male associates for allegedly murdering her mother-in-law and husband in July-August final yr, police stated on Monday.
In accordance with police, Bandana Kalita (32), a fitness center teacher, allegedly killed her mother-in-law Shankari Dey (62), a retired authorities worker, on July 26 final yr and her husband Amarjyoti Dey (35), who was unemployed, on August 17, with assist from her associates Dhanti Deka, a taxi driver, and Arup Deka, a vegetable vendor.
The three additionally chopped up the our bodies and made two journeys to neighbouring Meghalaya to dispose the physique elements. Police stated elements of the deceased lady’s physique have been recovered on the premise of the accused’s confession and efforts are underway to hint physique elements of her son.
“Investigation into the case began after Bandana Kalita filed a lacking individuals report in Noonmati police station on August 29, that her husband and mother-in-law have been lacking. Following this, police took all required steps, however didn’t safe any leads on each individuals,” stated Guwahati police commissioner Diganta Barah.
Subsequently, on November 21, Shankari Dey’s nephew Nirmalya Dey filed a case in Noonmati alleging that cash was being withdrawn from his lacking aunt’s checking account utilizing ATM playing cards and suspected that she and her son might need been kidnapped. The police once more performed inquires, however didn’t get any main clues.
On February 14 this yr, Kalita approached the Guwahati police commissioner’s workplace and complained about police inaction within the case. The identical day, Nirmalya Dey additionally complained to police’s legal investigation division (CID) about no progress in his case.
Based mostly on the 2 complaints, police determined to evaluate each instances and a particular staff headed by extra deputy commissioner of police (central) Kalyan Pathak was fashioned.
“Throughout additional investigation, each Bandana Kalita and Nirmalya Dey have been questioned and police discovered inconsistencies within the former’s statements. Although she tried to mislead the staff initially, on sustained questioning for 2 days, she confessed to having killed each her husband and mother-in-law with assist of her two male associates,” stated Barah.
Police say that Bandana Kalita claims to have killed her mother-in-law on the latter’s house in Chandmari locality on July 26 with assist of Arup Deka. The 2 first suffocated Dey with a pillow and when she turned unconscious, severed her head with a machete and rolling pin.
“She confessed to having chopped the physique into three elements. The elements have been put in polythene luggage introduced by Dhanti Deka and lined with blankets. On the early morning of July 27, the three put the elements in Dhanti Deka’s taxi, drove to Meghalaya and dropped the physique elements at one place and the top, machete and rolling pin at one other place on the Shillong-Cherrapunjee street. The elements have been dropped from excessive altitude alongside the street to gorges,” stated Barah.
On August 17, Bandana Kalita and her two associates allegedly killed her husband on the couple’s Noonmati house, first by hitting him on his head with an iron street. When he turned unconscious, they chopped the physique into 5 elements and put them in polythene luggage.
“On the early morning of August 18, the three took the identical automobile and proceeded in the direction of Dawki close to the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya. They disposed the physique elements in a way just like the primary occasion and got here again,” stated Barah.
Following Bandana’s assertion, she was arrested and police arrested Dhanti Deka from Tinsukia district and Arup Deka from Khanapara in Guwahati on Sunday. The three have been taken to the Shillong-Cherrapunjee street the place the Assam police with assist from their Meghalaya counterparts have been in a position to get better a number of physique elements suspected to have belonged to Shankari Dey, on Sunday.
Each Dhanti Deka and Arup Deka have been produced in courtroom on Monday and have been remanded in police custody. Police have additionally seized the automobile used to hold the physique elements in Tinsukia district.
Cell phones of Bandana Kalita and Dhanti Deka have been seized and ATM playing cards belonging to Shankari Dey recovered from her daughter-in-law’s possession. Police confirmed that Kalita was withdrawing cash from her mother-in-law’s account.
Investigations revealed that Amarjyoti Dey and Bandana Kalita married 12 years in the past towards the needs of each their households. Later Shankari Dey accepted Bandana Kalita as her daughter-in-law and the three lived collectively of their Noonmati house.
“It seems Amarjyoti didn’t have any productive employment and in addition used to take medication. He was additionally very pleasant with loads of ladies, which led to friction between him and his spouse. Because of this, Shankari Dey left the couple and moved to a different house which she owned in Chandmari space,” stated Barah.
“Sooner or later, Bandana Kalita appears to have determined to eliminate her husband and mother-in-law with assist of her two shut associates. It might have been to safe the properties of each or could have been because of torture she suffered at her husband’s palms. The motive just isn’t very clear as but,” he added.
Police say Shankari Dey and her son owned a number of properties/residences at Chandmari and Noomati areas of Guwahati and used to earn a considerable quantity each month as lease from them. Barah stated whereas Bandana Kalita may be very near each Dhanti Deka and Arup Deka, the precise nature of their relationships just isn’t clear but.
“Although there was some delay initially on this case, we’ve got been in a position to unearth the murders after evaluate. Our investigations are nonetheless on and we hope to get better physique elements of the husband quickly. Forensic examination and DNA assessments will reveal the identities of the victims. We’re assured that based mostly on scientific investigation, we will set up a watertight case towards all three accused,” stated Barah.