25-04-2025
Greed and rage lead to murder of woman found in trolley bag in baguiati
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Kolkata: Police investigating the grisly discovery of a woman's body stuffed in a trolley bag in Baguiati on Tuesday have revealed the motive behind the murder—greed and rage. The victim, identified as
Riya Dhar
, a mother of two from Murshidabad's Nabagram, was allegedly killed by her Facebook friend,
Kaushik Pramanik
, after she refused to give him her jewellery to help repay his debts. Officers said Pramanik, arrested from Barasat, confessed to killing Riya in a fit of rage following her refusal.
Investigators revealed that Kaushik and Riya developed a friendship on social media, and earlier this month, she left her home and shifted to Pramanik's apartment at Fortune Towers in Barasat. She was carrying some cash and gold jewellery worth 30 lakhs. "Pramanik confessed that he was under financial distress and asked the woman to give her jewellery and cash to him so that he could pay off the debt. But the woman refused, which led to an altercation, and Pramanik suffocated her to death with a pillow in a fit of rage," said a senior officer of Bidhannagar city police.
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Police stated that Pramanik lived in a rented accommodation in the Baguiati neighbourhood two years ago and was familiar with the area, which made him choose the vacant spot at Baguiati Pratibeshipara as the perfect spot to dump the woman's body stuffed in a suitcase. Following the recovery of the woman's body—mouth taped with duct tape—a case was filed at Baguiati police station under sections of murder, criminal conspiracy, and destruction of evidence.
Police said that while reviewing all nearby CCTV footage for clues since the discovery of the body on Tuesday, they found the man with the trolley bag got off an app cab at Sahapara in Deshbandhunagar. "By contacting the cab company, we reached the driver, who revealed that on Monday evening, around 6.30 pm, he received a booking from Fortune Tower in Barasat and that a man named Kaushik Pramanik boarded his car with a suspiciously heavy suitcase and got off at Deshbandhunagar at 7.25 pm," said the officer.
Based on the cab driver's statement, a joint team from Baguiati police and Bidhannagar detective department conducted a raid at the Barasat housing complex on Thursday, which led to a dramatic turn in the case. It was revealed that a team from Nabagram police station in Murshidabad had already arrested Kaushik Pramanik in connection with a kidnapping case filed there. Police said Riya's husband was aware of her romantic involvement with Pramanik, who identified himself as a Merchant Navy Officer and met her through social media.
Cops said the husband tried to convince her to come back for two weeks, but after her phone went unreachable from Monday, he became suspicious and lodged a police complaint against Pramanik, which led to his arrest. "When Baguiati police contacted Nabagram police, they learned that a person named Amit Kumar Dhar filed a complaint against Kaushik Pramanik for the kidnapping of his wife, Riya Dhar. The photo of the kidnapped Riya Dhar matched exactly with the woman found in the suitcase, and Kaushik Pramanik confessed to his crime during interrogation," said the officer. The officer said Pramanik will be taken into police custody by the Baguiati police station as well. MSID:: 120619226 413 |
Kolkata: Police investigating the grisly discovery of a woman's body stuffed in a trolley bag in Baguiati on Tuesday have revealed the motive behind the murder—greed and rage. The victim, identified as Riya Dhar, a mother of two from Murshidabad's Nabagram, was allegedly killed by her Facebook friend, Kaushik Pramanik, after she refused to give him her jewellery to help repay his debts. Officers said Pramanik, arrested from Barasat, confessed to killing Riya in a fit of rage following her refusal.
Investigators revealed that Kaushik and Riya developed a friendship on social media, and earlier this month, she left her home and shifted to Pramanik's apartment at Fortune Towers in Barasat. She was carrying some cash and gold jewellery worth 30 lakhs. "Pramanik confessed that he was under financial distress and asked the woman to give her jewellery and cash to him so that he could pay off the debt. But the woman refused, which led to an altercation, and Pramanik suffocated her to death with a pillow in a fit of rage," said a senior officer of Bidhannagar city police.
Police stated that Pramanik lived in a rented accommodation in the Baguiati neighbourhood two years ago and was familiar with the area, which made him choose the vacant spot at Baguiati Pratibeshipara as the perfect spot to dump the woman's body stuffed in a suitcase. Following the recovery of the woman's body—mouth taped with duct tape—a case was filed at Baguiati police station under sections of murder, criminal conspiracy, and destruction of evidence.
Police said that while reviewing all nearby CCTV footage for clues since the discovery of the body on Tuesday, they found the man with the trolley bag got off an app cab at Sahapara in Deshbandhunagar. "By contacting the cab company, we reached the driver, who revealed that on Monday evening, around 6.30 pm, he received a booking from Fortune Tower in Barasat and that a man named Kaushik Pramanik boarded his car with a suspiciously heavy suitcase and got off at Deshbandhunagar at 7.25 pm," said the officer.
Based on the cab driver's statement, a joint team from Baguiati police and Bidhannagar detective department conducted a raid at the Barasat housing complex on Thursday, which led to a dramatic turn in the case. It was revealed that a team from Nabagram police station in Murshidabad had already arrested Kaushik Pramanik in connection with a kidnapping case filed there. Police said Riya's husband was aware of her romantic involvement with Pramanik, who identified himself as a Merchant Navy Officer and met her through social media.
Cops said the husband tried to convince her to come back for two weeks, but after her phone went unreachable from Monday, he became suspicious and lodged a police complaint against Pramanik, which led to his arrest. "When Baguiati police contacted Nabagram police, they learned that a person named Amit Kumar Dhar filed a complaint against Kaushik Pramanik for the kidnapping of his wife, Riya Dhar. The photo of the kidnapped Riya Dhar matched exactly with the woman found in the suitcase, and Kaushik Pramanik confessed to his crime during interrogation," said the officer. The officer said Pramanik will be taken into police custody by the Baguiati police station as well. MSID:: 120619226 413 |
