Police said today they had found only some items in disarray when they entered the house of the retired WBSEDCL employee found murdered along with his wife and son, but they don't suspect theft to be the motive for the triple murders.
The bodies of Pradip Bardhan, 62, wife Dipti, 50, and son Prasenjit, 29, were found yesterday morning after a carpenter alerted neighbours.
The post-mortem has shown that all the three died of strangulation. All three bodies had ropes or cloth fastened to the throat. "Doctors have confirmed that all three were strangulated to death, as we have been suspecting," an officer of Matigara police station said.
Also, Pradip's head, face, neck and chest was smeared with paint. "He had bought paint and hired painters to colour the house. We suspect that either his head was forcibly put into a paint container by the killers or after murdering him, they smeared his upper body with paint to hide their finger marks," the officer said.
The police said when the first team went to the house yesterday, "we found that some items at the house are slightly in a disarray However, there was no proof that those who killed the family did it with the intention of robbing cash and valuables. This minor frisking, we suspect, was done to divert the motive," a police officer said.
Suspicion had initially fallen on the painters working at the Bardhans' home - Pradip had made the two-storey house after retiring from WBSEDCL. The police said there were four painters working in that house. "It was learnt today that there were four of them, all are from different localities of Siliguri. Our officers have spoken to them, but so far, nothing could be found from what they have said," a senior police officer said.
The upper floor was getting finishing touches, neighbours said, for which the house painters used to come to work.
Today, two CID officers from Calcutta visited the house, under Matigara police station, to collect fingerprints. "The fingerprints would be analysed and we hope it would help in our investigation."
Yesterday morning, the carpenter who was supposed to work at the house turned up and found that the main door at the entrance was open. He entered and found the lifeless bodies of Dipti and Prasenjit and immediately raised the alarm. The carpenter too has been questioned and released.
The Bardhans had resided in the Lenipur locality on Siliguri's outskirts for two decades, but the house then was a single-storey structure with a tin roof. After retirement, Pradip had made the new house. The ground floor, from where the bodies of Dipti and Prasenjit were found, was complete.
Police officers who spoke to Reshmi, Pradip and Dipti's daughter, and her husband this evening said they were still in the process of collecting information.
"We are trying to find out the motive behind the murders. There is no reason to believe that it was done to rob the family. Also, there is no indication that the family was in financial trouble," a police source said. "We have also checked with Prasenjit's office colleagues and found nothing suspicious so far."
Prasenjit used to work as a computer operator on a contractual basis at the design wing of state PWD near Jalpai More in Siliguri.
Source Telegraph
The bodies of Pradip Bardhan, 62, wife Dipti, 50, and son Prasenjit, 29, were found yesterday morning after a carpenter alerted neighbours.
The post-mortem has shown that all the three died of strangulation. All three bodies had ropes or cloth fastened to the throat. "Doctors have confirmed that all three were strangulated to death, as we have been suspecting," an officer of Matigara police station said.
Also, Pradip's head, face, neck and chest was smeared with paint. "He had bought paint and hired painters to colour the house. We suspect that either his head was forcibly put into a paint container by the killers or after murdering him, they smeared his upper body with paint to hide their finger marks," the officer said.
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Suspicion had initially fallen on the painters working at the Bardhans' home - Pradip had made the two-storey house after retiring from WBSEDCL. The police said there were four painters working in that house. "It was learnt today that there were four of them, all are from different localities of Siliguri. Our officers have spoken to them, but so far, nothing could be found from what they have said," a senior police officer said.
The upper floor was getting finishing touches, neighbours said, for which the house painters used to come to work.
Today, two CID officers from Calcutta visited the house, under Matigara police station, to collect fingerprints. "The fingerprints would be analysed and we hope it would help in our investigation."
Yesterday morning, the carpenter who was supposed to work at the house turned up and found that the main door at the entrance was open. He entered and found the lifeless bodies of Dipti and Prasenjit and immediately raised the alarm. The carpenter too has been questioned and released.
The Bardhans had resided in the Lenipur locality on Siliguri's outskirts for two decades, but the house then was a single-storey structure with a tin roof. After retirement, Pradip had made the new house. The ground floor, from where the bodies of Dipti and Prasenjit were found, was complete.
Police officers who spoke to Reshmi, Pradip and Dipti's daughter, and her husband this evening said they were still in the process of collecting information.
"We are trying to find out the motive behind the murders. There is no reason to believe that it was done to rob the family. Also, there is no indication that the family was in financial trouble," a police source said. "We have also checked with Prasenjit's office colleagues and found nothing suspicious so far."
Prasenjit used to work as a computer operator on a contractual basis at the design wing of state PWD near Jalpai More in Siliguri.
Source Telegraph
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