Overview
- Investigators say the professor, Debosmita Paul, was killed in her East Delhi flat during a visit by two masked visitors on June 3, and her body was discovered the following day by her sister.
- Delhi Police traced and arrested the accused couple, identified as Ramprashad Das and Banashree Das, and apprehended their minor son in Bardhaman on June 7 and are producing them on transit remand to bring them to Delhi.
- Police allege the motive was a long-running dispute over an ancestral Burdwan property that the couple had been living in since 2023 and which Paul had repeatedly asked them to vacate.
- The probe combined frame-by-frame CCTV review, a detained cab driver’s ride records, guest‑house check‑in logs using others’ Aadhaar details, mobile surveillance and train tickets, and recovered the victim’s phone, a razor, clothing and travel documents.
- A murder case has been registered at New Ashok Nagar police station, the minor has been handled under juvenile provisions, and further interrogation and court remand decisions will determine charges and next legal steps.