Kolkata Triple-Homicide: Brothers Accountable, No Outsiders Concerned, Say Police | India Information

The 2 brothers had been solely accountable for the killing of the 2 ladies and the teenage woman of their household and no outsiders had been concerned within the crime, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma stated on Tuesday.

Verma additionally said that the motive of the homicide is one thing associated to their enterprise.

The three members of the Dey household had been discovered lifeless inside their Tangra residence on February 19, whereas three others – two brothers and the son of one in every of them – had been injured after their automobile crashed right into a Metro Rail pillar on Japanese Metropolitan bypass within the southern a part of the town on the identical day.

Two brothers – Pranay and Prasun Dey – lived in that home within the jap a part of Kolkata with their wives Sudeshna and Romi, respectively. Pranay’s son and Prasun’s daughter had been the opposite occupants of the home.

“We’re fairly certain that the 2 brothers are behind the crime and there’s no involvement of any outsider. They’ve advised us how all the incident befell. However we’d like knowledgeable opinions to confirm and ensure that. At this stage, we’re not saying what particular roles they performed,” the police commissioner stated.

The brothers had, earlier, claimed to the police that there was a suicide pact among the many members of the family following which all consumed porridge laced with sleeping drugs, the officer stated.

The police got here to know concerning the deaths in the home from one of many three injured occupants of the automobile. They’ve discovered that the household, which used to function a tannery enterprise, was in monetary difficulties.

“The motive behind the homicide is probably going associated to their enterprise,” Verma stated, including that the brothers, present process remedy on the NRS Medical School and Hospital, would face authorized penalties.

Concerning the destiny of the teenage boy who’s present process remedy at a non-public hospital, the IPS officer stated that authorized opinion can be sought.

“We are going to attempt if any of their kinfolk are keen to take custody of the kid as per authorized process,” he stated.