The police started investigating the chit fund angle in Jiaganj triple-murder case with investigators picking up a number of people who had invested money with Bondhu Paul an alleged RSS worker and a cheater who along with his wife Beauty and eight-year-old son was brutally stabbed to death on the Vijay Dushmi Day.
“We have come to know that the victim was involved in chit fund businesses and had taken money from various people with assurances of hefty returns. We are trying to see whether these people have any hand in killing him or not,” a senior officer said.
Meanwhile in separate development angry mob set a police station afire in Malda district after a 50-year-old person arrested of gambling died in police custody.
Police said at least three men in khaki were injured in the attack. Incidentally it is the same district where angry mob of drug alleged peddlers burnt down the Kaliachak Police Station.
“Drastic action is being taken. 15 people have been arrested and the hunt is on for the other miscreants,” Alok Rajori, District Superintendent of Police, later said adding eight people including one Ainul Khan, were arrested on Sunday night from gambling dens in the area. Ainul Khan who was unwell and was taken to a Primary Health Centre located near the Milki Police Station died subsequently of heart attack. Later an angry mob torched the police station and beat up the policemen.