Body recovered from drain identified, one detain for suspected murder

The body of a woman recovered in mysterious condition from a drain located at the busiest tri-junction area of Kalyani and Water Supply road under East Agartala police station in drain on Wednesday afternoon has been identified and one suspected killer has also been detained by the city police.

Police sources said that on Wednesday afternoon at about 2 PM some pedestrians passing through the tri-junction area of Kalyani and Water Supply road noticed a floating body of a woman in the drain. They immediately informed some local residents as well as the police.

Police team from East Agartala police station rushed to the spot and they also brought the forensic team to collect evidence. Police recovered the body and shifted to GB Hospital morgue.

During the investigation process, police identified the body as Aparna Karmakar Ghosh (43), wife of on e-rickshaw driver Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Chittaranjan area under same police station, who had eloped with a group-D employee of MBB College library on January last leaving her two daughters alone.

After she eloped with her paramour, her two daughters tried their best to return their mother to their family, but she could not return.

On Wednesday amidst tight security across the Agartala city due to the maiden visit of President Droupadi Murmu, at about 2 PM some pedestrians noticed the floating body of Aparna Karmakar Ghosh in a drain in mysterious condition.

Soon after the recovery of body, the police led by SDPO (Sadar) started massive investigation to unearth the mystery of the death and within 24-hours, they established the identity of the victim woman and has also detained her paramour over suspicion of her murder.

While, police sources said that main accused of the murder is another man and police investigation and hunt to trace the main accused has been expedite and soon they will able to resolve the murder mystery, probably for a triangle love affairs.