A toto driver was brutally murdered at New Town on Sunday night allegedly over a tiff on non-payment of the sum.
The toto driver had lent money to the couple, it is reported. The couple had been detained for interrogation.
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The victim had been identified as Sushanta Ghosh ( 33), whose body was found lying in a pool of blood near tank 14 at New Town on Sunday night, claimed New Town police station sources.
Ghosh was a resident of Rekjuani area of Rajarhat.
According to police, the victim had gone out at 10.30 p.m. last night allegedly on a passenger’s call, who hired him for a trip at that hour of night.
Family members of Sushanta claimed that a person had visited their house and took his phone number to book his vehicle for a trip on Sunday night.
Accordingly, the victim went out around 10.30 on Sunday night and his body had been found in a pool of blood at a desolate place near tank 14 of New Town, which according to locals, was a desolate place.
Police sources said investigation revealed that the victim had an extra-marital affair with a woman, whose husband Girish Ghosh had allegedly borrowed a hefty sum from him. The non-payment of the sum had allegedly triggered a tiff between the duo.
New Town police have started an inquiry into the alleged murder.