Overview
- Police say a dispute over payment following a meeting arranged via a joint dating-app profile preceded the death of chartered accountant Adarsh Losalka.
- CCTV shows the two accused entering Losalka’s room around 9:30 pm and leaving about 2:30 am, with the body found the next day; the post-mortem cites strangulation.
- Investigators allege the pair took his ATM card and phones, inserted his SIM to reset the PIN, and withdrew ₹11,000 at an Ultadanga ATM before fleeing.
- Dhruvo Mitra and Kamal Saha surrendered the day after the killing and were arrested, with movements tracked through Barrackpore, Naihati and Krishnanagar.
- Four phones have been seized for forensic analysis after apps were found deleted and the victim’s social accounts deactivated, and police are checking for other contacts made through the profile.