B'swar woman, daughters attempt immolation

A family headed by one Jayanti Das had come prepared from Nilgiri to take the drastic step of setting them ablaze in front of DIG of Police, Eastern Range office in Baleswar town.

Jayanti alleged that her youngest daughter was murdered on May 9 night, but while the culprits are  moving scot free, the Nilgiri police are doing nothing. DIG Ghanshyam Upadhay assured to investigate the case again thoroughly and do the needful. The Sahadevkhunta police, after seizing a container containing kerosene, prevented the family from committing self-immolation.

The family members included Jayanti  Das and her two daughters Dharitri (35) and Tejashree (32) and a grandson and a granddaughter.

On May 9, Matashree Das, the youngest daughter of Jayanti and a student of Plus Two First Year Commerce of the Nilgiri College, was found hanging  near her house. Jayanti suspected that her daughter was murdered and then hanged by the miscreants. She had also given a few names to the police. The Nilgiri police, then, however, said that during investigation it was found that the case was of suicide. Jayanti had written to several concerned seeking justice further, alleging her daughter was murdered.