Siliguri police today said they had cracked the family triple-murder case with the confession and arrest of three carpenters who were arrested this morning.
Asked about the motive behind the murders of retired government employee Pradip Bardhan, his wife and son, the police said more investigation was required, but preliminary findings suggested the attackers had tried to rob the house in the hope of getting a large amount of cash.
The police said they had recovered some gold ornaments and some cash from the three, who were arrested from two locations - Matigara and Malbazar.
According to senior officers of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, the trio admitted that they had murdered Pradip Bardhan, 62, Dipti, 50, Prasenjit, 29, between 6pm and 10pm last Monday.
"Our officers spoke to some people, including close relatives of the family. Also, some clues were found during a search at the house. Based on the investigation, we could track Sahadeb Burman, a 27-year-old carpenter," Shyam Singh, the deputy commissioner (west) of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, said at a news conference at Matigara police station this evening.
"Based on his confession, we nabbed Dipu Sutradhar, 24, and Chiranjit Modak, 21."
Singh said Burman was a resident of Tarijote and Dipu is from Pramodnagar, both under Matigara police station.
Modak is from Chakrabusty in Malbazar, Jalpaiguri district.
"About one-and-a-half months back, the trio had worked in Pradip Bardhan's house. Recently, Pradip met Sahadeb in a local market in Matigara. He asked him to visit his house, saying that one of the doors, fitted newly on the first floor, was not working properly. Sahadeb assured him he would come soon," the officer said.
On September 14, Sahadeb, along with Dipu and Chiranjit, arrived at Bardhan's house. As they were known to the family, all the three were allowed inside.
"We are yet to know when they entered the house but they have confessed that they murdered Pradip on the first floor and his wife and son on the ground floor between 6pm and 10pm," Singh said.
Police sources said the trio had searched for money and other valuables but found only Rs 13,000 in cash, some gold ornaments, some ATM cards and bank passbooks.
"These items have been seized from them. We are yet to assess the valuation of the ornaments and whether they had taken away only Rs 13,000 or more," a police officer said.
"Also, five cell phones have been seized from them. We need to check out these cellphones to know whether all five belong to the trio or they had stolen one or more handsets from the house after the murders."
Singh, when asked whether the motive was robbery, said they needed to investigate further.
Yesterday, some police officers had said that they are suspecting some other motive behind the murders.
"We will produce them in court tomorrow and will seek custody for 14 days. They need to be interrogated further to confirm the motive. As of now, we cannot comment on the issue," Singh said.
Police sources, however, said that preliminary interrogation and the seizure of cash and valuables indicated it might be a case of robbery.
"There are chances that the trio had planned the murders and the robbery in anticipation that they might get a huge amount of cash, considering that the house was under renovation," the police source said.
"However, as we need to know some more information from the murderers, we cannot rule out that there might be other motives."
The last rites of the family were conducted by Ashok, Pradip's brother, and some other relatives at Bardhan Nivas today. A few neighbours were seen near the house.
"The family had been staying here for several years and we knew them quite well. None of them was ever found involved in even a minor altercation. We can't still believe that they have to face such painful deaths," Raja Majumdar, a resident of Leninpur, said.
Ashok, the deceased employee's brother, said: "We want exemplary punishment to all those involved."
Source: Telegraph
Asked about the motive behind the murders of retired government employee Pradip Bardhan, his wife and son, the police said more investigation was required, but preliminary findings suggested the attackers had tried to rob the house in the hope of getting a large amount of cash.
The police said they had recovered some gold ornaments and some cash from the three, who were arrested from two locations - Matigara and Malbazar.
According to senior officers of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, the trio admitted that they had murdered Pradip Bardhan, 62, Dipti, 50, Prasenjit, 29, between 6pm and 10pm last Monday.
"Our officers spoke to some people, including close relatives of the family. Also, some clues were found during a search at the house. Based on the investigation, we could track Sahadeb Burman, a 27-year-old carpenter," Shyam Singh, the deputy commissioner (west) of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, said at a news conference at Matigara police station this evening.
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Singh said Burman was a resident of Tarijote and Dipu is from Pramodnagar, both under Matigara police station.
Modak is from Chakrabusty in Malbazar, Jalpaiguri district.
"About one-and-a-half months back, the trio had worked in Pradip Bardhan's house. Recently, Pradip met Sahadeb in a local market in Matigara. He asked him to visit his house, saying that one of the doors, fitted newly on the first floor, was not working properly. Sahadeb assured him he would come soon," the officer said.
On September 14, Sahadeb, along with Dipu and Chiranjit, arrived at Bardhan's house. As they were known to the family, all the three were allowed inside.
"We are yet to know when they entered the house but they have confessed that they murdered Pradip on the first floor and his wife and son on the ground floor between 6pm and 10pm," Singh said.
Police sources said the trio had searched for money and other valuables but found only Rs 13,000 in cash, some gold ornaments, some ATM cards and bank passbooks.
"These items have been seized from them. We are yet to assess the valuation of the ornaments and whether they had taken away only Rs 13,000 or more," a police officer said.
"Also, five cell phones have been seized from them. We need to check out these cellphones to know whether all five belong to the trio or they had stolen one or more handsets from the house after the murders."
Singh, when asked whether the motive was robbery, said they needed to investigate further.
Yesterday, some police officers had said that they are suspecting some other motive behind the murders.
"We will produce them in court tomorrow and will seek custody for 14 days. They need to be interrogated further to confirm the motive. As of now, we cannot comment on the issue," Singh said.
Police sources, however, said that preliminary interrogation and the seizure of cash and valuables indicated it might be a case of robbery.
"There are chances that the trio had planned the murders and the robbery in anticipation that they might get a huge amount of cash, considering that the house was under renovation," the police source said.
"However, as we need to know some more information from the murderers, we cannot rule out that there might be other motives."
The last rites of the family were conducted by Ashok, Pradip's brother, and some other relatives at Bardhan Nivas today. A few neighbours were seen near the house.
"The family had been staying here for several years and we knew them quite well. None of them was ever found involved in even a minor altercation. We can't still believe that they have to face such painful deaths," Raja Majumdar, a resident of Leninpur, said.
Ashok, the deceased employee's brother, said: "We want exemplary punishment to all those involved."
Source: Telegraph
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