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Kolkata, June 12 Son kills father in Howrah
Two murders were reported in Domjur area of Howrah on Wednesday night. In the first incident, a son allegedly hacked his father to death in Lakhanpur village. Additional Superintendent of Police, Howrah, Milan Kanti Das said that Swapan Santra killed his father Dilip with a sharp instrument. Neighbours said that Dilip would come home inebriated every night and beat up his wife. The ill treatment meted out to his mother might have led the son to commit the offence, the police said. While Swapan has been arrested, his mother has been absconding since the incident. In another incident in Golurhat village, a petty businessman strangulated his wife. The police said that Swapan Bag was an alcoholic. Of late, his business was not running well and he regularly quarreled with his wife, Toton Bag, over financial issues. Locals said that Toton always asked for money from her husband. “During one such quarrel, he probably lost his control and killed his wife,” said a police official. Swapan Bag has been arrested.

Naktala suicides: Police recover documents
A team from the Jadavpur police station collected documents related to the business of the deceased Dipankar Samaddar from his Naktala flat on Thursday. A forensic team also collected material from the flat. Debt ridden Dipankar had committed suicide with his wife after killing their only son on Tuesday night. South 24 Parganas Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said that since investigations were still on, nothing would be disclosed now. Police sources said that Samaddar’s bank accounts would be examined to learn about his financial condition. The names mentioned in the suicide note would be verified, as the police were trying to identify the people whose names Samaddar had taken, sources said. Samaddar’s friends said he had been depressed in the last few weeks and went for evening walks in a particular area of Naktala.

Howrah murders: No clue yet
There has been no headway in the twin murder case in Howrah, as the police remain clueless about the offender and the motive behind the murders. Ramprasad Verma and Sunita Verma were found murdered in their apartment on Kings Road in Golabari in Howrah on June 9. Postmortem report suggested that the couple were murdered in the afternoon of June 7. On Thursday morning police brought a sniffer dog to the apartment of the Vermas. Police had found a suspicious slipper inside the apartment. Sandip and Abhishek Verma, sons of the couple, had said their parents never used this slipper. “The sniffer dog was brought to the apartment after we found the slippers,” Milankanti Das, Additional Superintendent of Police, Headquarters, Howrah said. The slipper is the only clue that the police have found in the case. The sniffer dog, however, offered no help. “We are investigating into the case. There has been no arrests so far,” said Das.

Jail inmates clash in police van
Inmates of the Presidency Jail clashed with each other while they were taken to the court in a police van on Thursday around 10.30 am. The incident, which occurred near Fort William, left four jailbirds injured. Ananda Biswas, Prasanta Chakraborty, Uttam Sarkar and Raju Saha were admitted to the SSKM hospital. The condition of Saha is reported to be critical. According to the police, several inmates of the jail were being escorted to the Bankshall court for trial in heavily guarded vans. The driver of one of the vans heard screams from inside and stopped near Fort William. The police found two groups of inmates fighting with each other with razors. Saha was lying in a pool of blood and had wounds in throat and abdomen. Others also had bruises on their face and body. Police separated the perpetrators of violence, Neeraj Gupta, Raju Paswan and Rajesh Prajapati, and took them in another van. According to the jail sources, Ananda Biswas is an undertrial in a murder case in North 24 Parganas, while Raju Paswan is a notorious robber in Howrah. The jail authorities have initiated an investigation.