KOLKATA: Bidhannagar police probing into the grisly death of a 25-year-old businessman whose mother and younger brother have been arrested on charges of murdering and allegedly attempting to burn his body at their Salt Lake home, has sought a second round of requisition to allow forensic officials to visit the AJ Block house — sealed by the cops last Thursday following the discovery of a skeleton — and dig in more evidence.
“After the inquest, the skeleton was sent to RG Kar Hospital for post-mortem. The requisition has been sent for further help of forensic experts to collect more evidences from the house,” said a senior officer of Bidhannagar Commissionerate on Saturday.
Based on the complaint lodged by the father of Arjun Mahensaria, cops had raided their Salt Lake home — under lock and key for more than two months — and found a skeleton which they suspected to be that of Arjun. Following the discovery, cops arrested Arjun’s mother Geeta (47) and younger brother Vidur (22). Both are now in police custody.
Cops have already found a grinding stone with blood stains from the house and several burn marks at the house’s first-floor prayer room and suspect the deceased was killed before an attempt was made to set his body on fire. Although the father claimed the motive could be a tantrik ritual that the woman used to practise, cops are yet to confirm the real motive behind the murder.
Police said, during interrogation the mother-son duo had allegedly confessed of attempting to cremate the body but are refusing to admit to have killed him. They have been claiming that the young and sick businessman had met with an accidental death and they tried to burn him out of fear and panic, the officer said. “Prima facie, it looks like a case of murder as there is a clear dent on the skull of the recovered skeleton and there are bloodstains on the grindstone, too. We are still trying to figure out if the injuries on the skull of the skeleton are ante mortem or post mortem in nature,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, cops said they are trying to trace the woman’s daughter Vaidehi who was named in the FIR by the father and was apparently with the woman and her two brothers at the Salt Lake home when the crime was committed possibly in the month of October this year. “We are trying to trace and arrest the sister of the deceased,” said the officer.