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Woman's decomposed body found in South Tripura forest, husband among 3 arrested
The police in the South Tripura district Thursday said they have arrested three people for the alleged murder of a 45-year-old woman, whose decomposed body was recovered from a forest last week. One of the accused is the woman's husband.
The body of the deceased, Kana Debnath, was found 16 km away from her home at Belonia, 12 days after her daughter filed a missing person complaint at the Belonia women's police station on July 30.
The accused have been identified as Raju Debnath, 35, husband of the deceased, and his two friends: Dolan Das and Mohammad Mia, both in their thirties.
According to a preliminary probe, Raju had allegedly given his friends Rs 50,000 to kill her. Raju's friends allegedly killed her by slitting her throat with a sharp weapon after taking her to a forest.
'During the investigation, we found something suspicious and arrested Raju's friends first and Raju later on Tuesday. His friends were taken in police remand for seven days. Raju will be produced before a court on Thursday,' said a senior police officer of the South Tripura district.
When asked about the motive behind the murder, the police said they have identified domestic disputes as the reason. However, other angles are also under investigation, they said.
'We are waiting for the post-mortem report to know more details. Our investigation is going on,' the officer said.
