A week after much political hullabaloo the police have finally arrested a mason for brutally murdering a Jiaganj school teacher, his pregnant wife and an eight-year-old son.
The mason called Pratik Behera had killed the trio out of personal grudge when
victim Bandhu Paul refused to give him a receipt of Rs 24,000 which he had taken from him for some insurance policy, he isknown to have confessed to the police.
“There was grudge and there was a financial angle,” Murshidabad SP Mukesh said adding the triple murder had taken place in a matter offive minutes.
Earlier the police had claimed that the victim an RSS worker also dealt in some kind of chit fund business in which he used to accept monetary deposits from the people.
The mason was one of such depositors who deposited Rs 24,000 with him but failed to procure any receipt for the amount.
When Paul refused to provide with any receipt an altercation followed and the mason killed the threesome.