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Bengal: Two extra arrested in reference to Trinamool councillor Anupam Dutta’s homicide

By way of PTI

KOLKATA: Two extra other folks have been arrested on Tuesday in reference to the homicide of TMC councillor Anupam Dutta, taking the overall collection of apprehensions within the case to 3, police mentioned.

Congress councillor Tapan Kandu and TMC’s Anupam Dutta have been on Sunday night shot lifeless in separate incidents in Jhalda space of Purulia and Panihati in North 24 Parganas district respectively.

Dutta’s alleged murderer was once arrested from Agarpara in North 24 Parganas on Sunday evening, and in line with data shared via him throughout interrogation, the 2 different accused have been nabbed in Kalna in Purba Bardhaman district early on Tuesday, a senior police officer mentioned.

“Those two other folks had equipped the firearm to the suspected shooter. We’re grilling them to determine who had appointed them to kill the TMC chief,” he mentioned.

Round four-five other folks concerned within the killing have been provide in numerous places with regards to the spot the place Dutta was once shot lifeless, the officer mentioned, including that two firearms were seized from the accused up to now.

Kandu’s elder brother was once detained for wondering in reference to the Congress councillor’s homicide in Jhalda.

Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee has directed senior cops to take strict motion within the two circumstances, assets within the state secretariat mentioned.