Six folks had been arrested on Wednesday after the physique of a person was present in a suitcase saved in a freezer in Tripura’s Dhalai district, practically three days after he went lacking from Agartala. The arrested accused embody a cousin of a woman the person, Shariful Islam, was in love with, police mentioned.
“We arrested six individuals, Dr Dibakar Saha, 28, his father Dipak Saha, 52, mom Debika Saha, 40, Nabanita Das, 25, Joydeep Das, 20, Animesh Yadav, 21. A love triangle was the rationale behind the homicide. Shariful was having an affair with a woman. Dibakar, a cousin of the lady, was additionally in love along with her. We discovered messages of affection exchanged from their cellphones,” mentioned Kiran Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Tripura West.
Shariful, 24, was engaged within the Good Metropolis challenge as an electrician.
The police mentioned that Dibakar had invited Shariful to Joydeep’s home in South Indranagar on June 8 to present him some presents. When Shariful went there, Dibakar allegedly strangled him within the presence of Joydeep, Animesh and Nabamita. He then allegedly stuffed Shariful’s physique into the suitcase by tying the fingers.
Dibakar took the suitcase to Gandacherra and saved it inside an ice cream fridge at his father’s store on June 9, the police mentioned, including that he had purchased the suitcase two days earlier than the homicide.
A missing-person grievance was lodged on the New Capital Advanced police station on June 9 by Shariful’s household.