Purulia triple murder: Two accused in police custody
The Statesman | 15 August 2025
The Purulia District Court today remanded two persons, accused in a sensational triple murder case, to police custody to enable further investigations.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) had earlier arrested the duo for allegedly murdering three women in Purulia and dumping their bodies on the railway track near Suisa Railway Station on the Adra-Chandil route of South Eastern Railway.
Debashree Sanyal, Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP), Kharagpur division, while briefing the media here, said the duo, identified as Babu Jan Momin and Bijoy Machuar, were arrested from their homes in Jiling village in Purulia. “They had been produced in Purulia Court and have been remanded to police custody.”
Giving details of the case, the official said the accused had illicit relationships with two of the deceased, both sisters, and on the day of the crime had called them near the railway track. After some heated altercations, the duo murdered the sisters as well as a child accompanying them. Both the women used to work at the brick kiln owned by Babu Jan Momin in Jiling village,” she added.
Purulia Superintendent of Police Abhijit Banerjee had also visited the place of occurance after the driver of a freight train first saw the three bodies on the railway tracks. Sniffer dogs called in failed to give any leads, as the scents had been washed away by heavy rainfall in the area.
The Purulia district police and the GRP have worked together to investigate the triple murder, which has caused quite a sensation in the district. The victims have been identified as Kajal Machua (25), her daughter Rakhi (7), and sister Radha (13).
GRP officials have also grilled their family members. Kajal Machua’s husband is a migrant labourer and works in Goa, while she stays with her parents in Jiling village. Bijoy Machuar also works in the brick kiln.
Kajal and Radha were accosted by the accused when they had gone to mobile repairing shop. Complications had arisen from their relationships and the duo lured the sisters to the railway tracks, where the crime was allegedly committed. The child had been killed as well as she had witnessed the murders.
The post mortem had revealed that the victims had not been injured injured by the movement of any train. The killers had apparently strangulated them to death and placed the bodies on the railway tracks, hoping they would be run over by a train. The driver of a goods train stopped in time after spotting the bodies and informed the station master who informed the GRP.