KOLKATA: Cops have finally recovered the cellphone of the woman who was murdered along with her son in Behala’s Senpally 10 days ago. Two brothers Sanjay and Sandep Das, cousins of the murdered woman Sushmita Mondal, have been arrested. Her son Tamajit had used the cellphone in online classes.
Police have also seized the bike used by the accused on the day of the murder as well as other articles including the bag used to carry the loot from the victim’s residence. They are being sent to the forensic lab for analysis and evidence collection. “Susmita’s cellphone was recovered close to the murder spot,” said joint CP (crime) Murlidhar Sharma. “Initially, the accused wanted to take the phone along with them.
But then they thought it could be used to track them down. So, they threw the phone while leaving after the crime,” added Sharma.
Cops said Sanjay had planned the murder to lay his hands on the woman’s gold as he was financially stressed. “He was employed at a departmental store at Esplanade as a CCTV maintenance staff.
He married off his step son and was saddled with Rs 3 lakh debt. He asked for Rs 5,000 as loan from the woman, requesting her not to reveal it to anyone. But she told his mother about it and this angered him,” said a police source.
