Husband arrested for killing wife in Konnagar

Update: 2018-12-16 18:21 GMT

Kolkata: A person was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly killing his wife by bashing her head on the floor at Konnagar in Hooghly.

According to locals, on Saturday evening they heard screams from the house of Mitra family on Ghosal Lane in Konnagar. When some people went there to check, they saw one Pallabi Mitra lying in a pool of blood on the floor.

Her husband Sujoy Mitra and in-laws were standing surrounding Pallabi's body. Police and her family members were immediately informed.

Cops recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy. Later, Pallabi's elder brother alleged that Sujoy killed his sister. He also informed that they used to fight on a regular basis as Sujoy was a habitual drunker.

She was also tortured for no reason.

Though Pallabi's in-laws refused to accept the allegations, the sleuths are investigating the case from all possible angles.

On seeing the incident place and the injury on the body, it is suspected that Pallabi was killed by being banged on the floor. Her son identified the body.

Police are questioning Pallabi's in-laws for further investigations. The sleuths are waiting for the autopsy report.

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