The police, however, said Pintu Pal, along with another person identified as Patla, was taking Gouri to Santragachi on a motorbike. But on the way Gouri became senseless and so they took her to a friend’s house nearby. Pintu said after he found Gouri’s condition deteriorating he took her to the hospital, where the doctors declared her dead.

Gouri’s friends said she had a relationship with Pintu and her family was aware of it. Gouri used to work in a nearby beauty parlour. “They knew each other for a long time. But whenever Gouri asked him to marry her, he would avoid the issue. About a month ago Gouri came to know that Pintu was already married and so she stopped seeing him,” said a neighbour. She said that though Gouri would avoid Pintu, he would still bother her.