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A car crash and three dead women in a house in Kolkata keep police on their toes
A speeding Sedan crash and three dead women in a house have kept the Kolkata police on their toes over the last couple of days. Police are left flummoxed and were struggling to unravel the mystery behind the case. In the early morning hours of February 19, a speeding Sedan carrying three persons smashed into a pillar at 100 kmph near the Avishikta crossing on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata. The three persons travelling in the car had a miraculous escape. They have been identified as Prasun Dey, his younger brother Pranay Dey and the latter's teenage son Pratip. Lying in a hospital bed, hours later, Pranay made a shocking revelation. According to the Times of India , he revealed that his wife Sudeshna, sister-in-law Romi, and niece Priyamvada were dead (by suicide) inside their home in Tangra in East Kolkata. The three men apparently told the police that they had also attempted to end their lives The TOI report said that when police broke open the main door of their house, police found the three women in separate rooms. Further, bloodstains were found across multiple areas. The TOI report suggested that Deys were in dire straits. The Deys were into leather good manufacturing and export business. They had suffered huge losses during the Covid era. However, despite Pranay's suicide pact claim, police have not ruled out foul play. Meanwhile on Thursday, police, according to The Telegraph Online , disclosed that the two women and the teenage girl found dead at their four-storey Tangra home on Wednesday had been murdered. Priyambada Dey, 14, who had multiple injuries and bruises, died of poisoning, according to the preliminary postmortem report, The Telegraph quoting investigators said. It further added that Romi Dey, 44, and Sudeshna Dey, 39, suffered multiple cuts and slashes, none of which prima facie appear self-inflicted.
KOLKATA: A day after the post-mortem examinations of two women and a teenage girl, who were found dead in their Kolkata home, confirmed that they were murdered, police are now trying to identify those involved and the motive behind the crime, an officer said on Friday. The investigators are also probing the possible involvement of the two women's husbands, who are siblings, or outsiders, he said. The post-mortem reports suggested that the two women and the girl were killed and the findings raised questions about who was behind the crime. We are trying to find out whether the husbands killed their wives and the girl or if others from outside the family were involved in the murders, the officer said. The autopsy conducted on the bodies of the two women, with wrists slit and deep injury marks on their throats, suggested that they died due to the effect of the injuries which were ante-mortem in nature. The minor girl died due to poisoning, the officer said. Two brothers,Pranay and Prasun Dey lived in that house in Tangra area with their wives Sudeshna and Romi, respectively. Pranay's son and Prasun's daughter were the other occupants of the house. The three members of the family were found dead inside their Tangra residence, while three others were injured after their car crashed into a Metro Rail pillar in the city on early Wednesday. One of the injured persons told the police about the deaths in their family. The brothers had, earlier, claimed to the police that there was a suicide pact among the family members following which all consumed porridge laced with sleeping pills, the officer said. It seems that they were trying to mislead us. They were trying to hide something. We need to question them. Once they are declared fit enough to talk, our officers will start questioning them, he said. The health conditions of the two brothers and the boy who were injured in the accident were stated to have improved, the policeman said. The two brothers may be shifted from the ICU of a hospital but the boy may continue to be in the intensive care unit. They will, however, not be discharged now. The doctors will review their conditions and take a call, he added. A team of police would talk to the doctors to find out what would be the appropriate time for them to talk to the brothers. The forensic team of Kolkata Police have collected samples from the bathroom, the washbasin, and rooms from where the bodies of the two women -- Sudeshna and Romi Dey --- and the girl were found, he said. The police also collected footage of CCTVs installed in the Tangra house, he said, adding that his footage will be very crucial to understand their activities before the crime occurred. We will be able to record who came to their house and what were their roles with the family in the last one week or so. Investigators of the Kolkata Police were trying to find out details of the route of the car that was involved in the accident on February 19, the officer said. The police had seized a bunch of 12 keys, most of them were of their Tangra residence, one bloodstained blue button from the backseat of the car and several blood marks from inside the car, he added. The brothers came out of their house during midnight and the accident took place around 3.15 AM at a place which is not far away from their place. The car covered some distance in the city but we need to have more information regarding the vehicle's speed, and its route, he said. Sleuths of Kolkata Police found that the vehicle had no mechanical glitch that led to the accident near Abhisikta Metro in the southern part of the city, the officer said. The sleuths have found that the family has a tannery business and has been in financial difficulties.
Mumbai Indians Unveil Jersey Ahead Of IPL 2025, Retains Iconic Blue And Gold Palette
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SAMBALPUR: Police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly attacking a girl student of Sambalpur University, who was found with severe head injuries in a field near Metakani temple in Burla. The accused is Rakesh Das, a native of Kolkata who is staying at Burla. He was arrested on charges of assaulting Sonalika Naik, a PG final-year student of Library Sciences department at Sambalpur University. Police said Naik used to chat with the accused on phone for the last around two months. On Wednesday evening, Das called her to meet him at a field near Metakani temple. Accordingly, the girl reached the field and waited for the accused. When Das arrived on the spot, he found Naik talking to someone over phone. Suspecting her of talking to some boy, he confronted the girl and asked her to disconnect the call immediately. When Naik refused, the accused flew into a rage, picked up a stone and hit her on the head multiple times before fleeing the spot. The student suffered grievous head injuries and became unconscious. Later, passersby found the girl lying in a pool of blood and informed police. Naik was then rushed to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences And Research (VIMSAR), Burla for treatment. Sambalpur SP Mukesh Bhamoo said on basis of the complaint lodged by the students father, police launched an investigation into the incident. After examining the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area, the accused was detained. During questioning, Das confessed to his crime following which he was arrested. Das is the lone accused involved in the incident and he committed the crime out of sudden provocation. The stone used in the assault has been seized, said Bhamoo. The accused was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody. Mobile phones of both the accused and the victim besides their earphones have also been seized. Further investigation is underway, said police. Sources said Naik has been shifted to Bhubaneswar and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the state capital. Police are yet to record her statement.
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Kolkata: A complaint has been filed with West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, seeking his intervention on a comment by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly threatening Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state. State BJP leader and the counsel of Calcutta High Court Kaustav Bagchi has registered this complaint with the office Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .
Nepalese students fear returning to KIIT campus after row over student's death
BHUBANESWAR: Nepalese students on Wednesday expressed fear about returning to the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus here after events that took place following the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old student from the Himalayan nation. Around 1,000 Nepalese students studying at KIIT were issued suspension notices and asked to leave the campus immediately on Monday following protests after the body of a student, Prakriti Lamsal, was found hanging from the ceiling of her hostel room on Sunday. However, following the intervention of the Centre and the state government, the KIIT authorities tendered an apology and requested the Nepalese students to return to the campus. But the harrowing experiences encountered by the Nepalese students, including being shunted out of the campus and left at Cuttack railway station and alleged incidents of being roughed up, have left them scarred and many are fearful to return, the students said. We were forced to vacate the hostel without any fault of ours. The students from Nepal were agitated over the death of Prakriti as her previous pleadings with the authorities (over alleged blackmail by her former boyfriend) were ignored. She died by suicide out of frustration, Preeti, a student from Nepal, told reporters. Narrating the harrowing experience encountered on Monday, Preeti said, We were forcibly taken on a bus and dropped at a place near the railway station where there was no shop or water. What was our fault? Now they (dean and other officials of KIIT) are affectionately asking us to return. Can anyone believe them?. Five KIIT employees , including directors of the institute, were arrested on Tuesday for harassing the Nepalese students but the Judicial Magistrate First Class-2 court later in the evening granted them bail. A 21-year-old KIIT student was earlier arrested on charges of abetting the woman's suicide. Sources said the body of the deceased will be flown to Nepal during the day. Her father Sunil Lamsal and other family members have been camping in the city for the last two days. Odisha's Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj had earlier said that 100 Nepalese students are currently on the campus and nearly 800 are in other places. They might have gone to Kolkata, Patna or Ranchi. It is the responsibility of the KIIT authorities to bring them back. They are our guests, the minister said. Sources said that most of the Nepalese students have returned to their homes in the Himalayan nation. However, neither the state government nor the KIIT authorities shared information about the number of students who have returned to the campus so far. The Odisha government had on Tuesday released the action taken report in connection with the alleged crackdown on students following the unnatural death of the student. It has formed a high-level committee headed by the additional chief secretary, home, to probe into the circumstances of the alleged suicide and the shunting of Nepalese students out of the campus by the varsity authorities. Meanwhile, several students, youths and political organisations continued their agitation outside the campus over the incident. Taking to X, KIIT stated, Deeply mourning the untimely passing of our beloved student, Prakriti Lamsal. Today, all senior functionaries of KIIT gathered to express our heartfelt condolences and stand in solidarity with her family, friends, and the student community. We are committed to ensuring justice and support for all. May her soul rest in peace.
Bengal courts awarded 6 death sentences in last 6 months for crimes against girls
KOLKATA: While the last judicial execution in West Bengal for the rape and murder of a minor in Kolkata took place over two decades ago, courts across the state have awarded death penalties to six convicts in the last six months for perpetrating sexual assaults on girls. Another convict was also awarded capital punishment for murdering his family members, taking the total number of death penalties in the state in the last half-year to seven. In six of the seven cases, death by hanging sentences were given for the savage nature of rapes and murders perpetrated on girls, qualifying them under the 'rarest of the rare' category, where convicts were booked under the POCSO Act, besides sections of the IPC and, later, of the BNS. The list excludes the sentence for the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder convict Sanjoy Roy who was spared the capital punishment by a Kolkata court, after the gruesome death of the on-duty trainee medic on August 9 last year, and was sentenced to life imprisonment till death. It also keeps out the suspected rape and murder of a 14-year-old class 8 student, whose bruised and battered body was found in New Town near Kolkata on February 7 this year, and in connection with which police have arrested a 22-year-old e-rickshaw driver. The last judicial hanging in West Bengal took place two decades ago when Dhananjay Chatterjee, a security guard at a residential building in south Kolkata, was hanged at Alipore Jail on the eve of Independence Day in 2004 for raping and murdering a 16-year-old school student in her apartment in March, 1990. The death sentences in connection with the horrid crimes poured in between September last year and February. A POCSO court in Siliguri in northern West Bengal on September 7 last year sentenced Md Abbas to death after he was proven guilty of rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in August 2023 in Matigara area while she was on her way to school. The ruling Trinamool Congress hailed the judgment and took to its X handle to state, This swift conviction is a testament to the efforts of WB Police, who ensured justice was served within a year. With the implementation of Aparajita Anti-Rape Bill, such exemplary punishments will become the standard, instilling fear in the hearts of predators & ensuring such barbaric acts are prevented! On September 26, special POCSO judge of the Alipore District and Sessions Court in Kolkata sentenced Ashok Shaw, a cooking gas delivery agent, to death for a horrific crime which took place in Tiljala area in East Kolkata. On March 26, 2023, the convict lured his neighbour's little daughter to his apartment with chocolates, raped her and then smashed her head with a hammer. The girl's mutilated body was found inside a sack in his kitchen with 28 wounds on her body, the investigating officer said. The incident had led to violent protests in the neighbourhood when a rioting mob torched police vehicles. Another POCSO court in Baruipur sentenced 19-year-old Mustakin Sardar to death on December 6 last year for rape and murder of a 10-year-old class 4 student who was found brutalised with 42 injuries on her body. The judgment came within 62 days after the crime was committed on October 5 that year in Joynagar's Kultali area in South 24 Parganas district. Taking to her X handle, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote, Conviction and capital punishment in such a case in just over two months is unprecedented in the history of the state... The govt has zero tolerance towards offences against women and will continue to ensure that justice is neither delayed nor denied. Barely a week later, on December 14, a court in Jangipur in Murshidabad district awarded capital punishment to 35-year-old Dinabandhu Haldar for the rape and murder of a minor girl in Farakka in October during Durga Puja. The court also sentenced the convict's accomplice, 23-year-old Subhajit Haldar, to life imprisonment. Banerjee once again took to social media to state, I have said this before, and I will say it again: Every rapist deserves nothing less than the harshest punishment -- capital punishment... I believe that swift, time-bound trials and punishments will serve as a powerful deterrent, sending a clear message that such crimes will not be tolerated. Ten days later, a trial court in Chinsurah in Hooghly district awarded the death penalty to 42-year-old private tutor Pramathes Ghoshal for murdering his elderly father, mother and sister in the district's Dhaniakhali area on November 8, 2021. On January 17 this year, a POCSO court in Hooghly again awarded the death sentence to 42-year-old daily wage labourer Ashok Singh, who lured a five-year-old girl with a packet of chips before raping and murdering her in Gurap area of the district on November 24. The court deemed the case 'rarest of the rare' where the criminal took advantage of the victim, his neighbour, who blindly trusted him and fondly called him 'jethu' (elder uncle). In the latest in the series of blood-curling crimes, a special POCSO court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced Rajib Ghosh, an employee of a road-side eatery, to death for rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in Burtolla area in north Kolkata within 75 days of his arrest after the city police managed to wrap up investigations in 26 days. The infant, a pavement dweller, continues to fight for life in the ICU of the RG Kar Hospital since her torture on November 30 last year.
Hornet helps cops sting cybercrooks, recover stolen funds in Telangana
HYDERABAD: Cyber fraudsters often use digital currency to launder money obtained from criminal activities. Many, including police officials, believe that once money was converted into cryptocurrency, it became untraceable, leading to a loss of hope in recovering stolen funds. However, a platform called Hornet claims to monitor transactions even on the dark web. Using this technology, Cyberabad police recently arrested a suspect involved in a cyber fraud case. A police official explained that once fiat currency is converted into cryptocurrency, it is laundered through multiple channels, making it extremely difficult to track. Hornet founder & CEO Souvik Haldar told TNIE that the firm has partnered with Cyberabad commissionerate to investigate cryptocurrency-related crimes. Even after fiat currency is converted into cryptocurrency, there is always an end-user. Our job is to identify the individuals behind these transactions using technology. While it is challenging, we have traced and resolved some cases, he said. Haldar added that Hornet monitors the dark web to generate actionable intelligence, which aids law enforcement agencies in investigations. There are pseudo-anonymous links to real-world identities. We can extract scientific reports from the blockchain, which helps track culprits, he explained. Another Hornet representative revealed that the Cyberabad commissionerate procured this technology in September 2024 to trace cryptocurrency-related cases. So far, two refund orders have been obtained from the court, 32 cases are in progress and one culprit has been arrested. A total of $52,306.2 has been frozen in international crypto exchanges, while $22,800.9 has been initiated for refund. Additionally, 166 wallets have been identified on exchanges that have KYC verification, the representative told TNIE. Hornet has also partnered with the ED, Kolkata Police and other state police forces to assist in crypto crime investigations. It is worth noting that cybercriminals typically steal money from victims by transferring it through multiple bank accounts before converting it into digital currencies like cryptocurrency, making it difficult to trace. Once the money is converted, even the police may struggle to track the transactions.This is why cyber police always advise victims to report incidents within the golden hour (the first hour after the fraud) to increase the chances of recovering stolen funds before they are transferred into cryptocurrency.
