Overview
- The attack that struck the Mahamaytala parlour Tuesday left owner Rupbani Das and a young man dead, police said.
- Witnesses said the man entered the shop around 1 pm, a struggle followed, and officers later rushed both to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead.
- Investigators cited a sharp-edged weapon at the scene and suspect the man died by suicide after killing Das, with the sequence to be confirmed by post-mortem results.
- Reports diverge on who the man was, with one outlet calling him a Kashmiri resident, another naming him Pankaj from Rohtak, and police not yet confirming his identity.
- Narendrapur police registered a murder case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and are examining whether the motive involved a relationship or coercion alleged by relatives.