Kolkata: Contract killing to hide illicit affair10-05-2015KOLKATA: The gruesome murder that took life of education department employee Kartick Saha, was masterminded by his wife Sujata and her lover Kuntal. During interrogation, the duo have confessed engaging contract killers for the gruesome murder.
During interrogation Sujata broke down and confessed planning out Kartick's murder. Sujata, who came to know Kartick seven-eight month back, came very close to him. Since Kartick was resisting their extra-marital affair, Sujata and Kuntal decided to finish him off. The plan to kill Kartick was chalked out around 15 days back when Sujata secretly went to meet Kuntal at the Bidhannagar Station. They decided that the work had to be done in a way that they get scot free. The duo decided to engage two contract killers for that.
"We have also arrested Sujata following complaint against her. Duo have confessed that they masterminded the murder," said DC DD Kankar Prasad Barui. Kuntal, already in custody, had some connections in the underworld. He had already been following Kartick for long and knew his way back home. After the duo zeroed in on the date, they informed the killers the plan accordingly. Kuntal did not return home on Wednesday evening and accompanied the killers at a guest house in FD block of Salt Lake. Sujata's family members had already told police that she has been talking to Kuntal over phone till late in the night. In the morning Sujata informed Kuntal once Kartick was out for the morning walk.
Kuntal came out with the killers from the FD block guesthouse early in the morning. During interrogation Kuntal has told police that he hated Kartick and wanted to see him die. But Kuntal was aware that his mobile phone tower locations could trace him back to the spot once police starts investigation. In a bid to hoodwink police he changed the sim card of his mobile phone. The killers were carrying an axe to kill Kartick. While coming back from his walk Kartick had taken the route through CJ block. Finding the area deserted, killers decided to hit him there. They hit him with the axe from behind. To ensure that he dies they hit him twice again while Kuntal watched the entire episode.
Bidhannagar police had already arrested Kuntal following a complaint by Kartick's brother Narayan Saha. Later police arrested Sujata too. During face to face interrogation of Sujata and Kuntal, police found that they were talking about their affair over months. According to police sources, they were talking about different incidents of their love life.
A metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday had sent Sujata to five days' police custody. Police is now looking for the two killers.
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