He had received a gunshot wound in his head and there were multiple injuries on his body.

“Souvik had dinner with us and left home around 10.30 pm for a walk. Going for a walk after dinner was a part of his daily routine,” said his father Kalipada Dutta who owns a small grocery shop in Icchapore. Dutta was about to approach the local police station when the news of his son’s death reached him.

Souvik, a former student of Kedarnath High School in Satragachi, was allegedly involved with a certain anti-social elements.

“Souvik might have been killed in retaliation of the murder of a local goon, Sujit Thakur, who was killed yesterday. Souvik might have been involved in his murder. We are yet to confirm if Thakur’s men killed Souvik,” said police.