New Delhi: In a breakthrough development in the Kolkata double murder case, police have arrested a woman and is looking for her son who is also suspected to be involved in the murders of Subir Chaki, and his driver in Kolkata’s Gariahat locality three days ago.
She was identified as Mithu Haldar (42), a resident of Naipara in Diamond Harbour’s Panchantala area. Her elder son and a few others are also wanted in the case.
Haldar was brought to the Lalbazar police headquarters around 4 pm for interrogation. “After a prolonged examination and after her confession in the conspiracy of crime, she was arrested. The hunt for the other accused person is on. She will be produced in court tomorrow,” a top police source told ABP Ananda.
Subir Chaki, the 61-year-old managing director of Kilburn Engineering along with his driver Rabin Mondal, 65, were found dead with multiple stab injuries on their neck, legs, and backs on different floors of Chaki’s ancestral home in Gariahat on Sunday night. The victim’s family told the police that they had gone there that evening to sell the property. Later on Tuesday, the police said they suspect the involvement of more than one person.
According to homicide detectives, Haldar and her son contacted Chaki after coming across his advertisement on the three-storey house in Gariahat. They even visited the house once. On the day of the murders, the son allegedly contacted Chaki, posing as a different buyer and got him to visit the house.
Meanwhile, a team of sleuths visited Rabin Mondal’s residence in the city’s Mominpur area and spoke to his neighbours. “Mondal had built a house in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, but he used to stay in Mominpur. We are trying to find out why he was staying here. We will talk to his two sons,” said an officer.
The police are also examining some CCTV footage from the area. In one such clip, Chaki and Mondal are seen eating sweets at a shop. Chaki also bought some sweets, the packets of which were found in his car, a police official said.