Kolkata: In connection with the murder of Station Master of Diamond Harbour railway station Nirmal Kumar, police arrested his wife Sonali Kumar and her lover Arshad on Thursday. Kumar went to the market on Sunday evening and did not return. On Monday morning his body was found in a drain near his rented house in Diamond Harbour. At that time
Sonali to the police officers that Arshad was her brother.
But during investigation, the police officials got suspicious by her conduct. Later during interrogation, Sonali broke down and admitted that she killed Nirmal. She disclosed she had a relationship with Arshad before her marriage. Though she got married to Nirmal, she maintained her relationship with Arshad. On Sunday, she along with Arshad strangled Nirmal to death and dumped the body in the drain.
Sonali thought after Nirmal's death she would get a job in Indian Railways and will be able marry Arshad. The police later arrested Arshad based on the statement of Sonali.