Overview
- They must first serve seven years for destroying evidence before life imprisonment, with fines of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 carrying six-month default jail terms.
- Prosecutors linked the pair to the killing through DNA matches from the bag and home, CCTV trail and gait analysis, and telecom records from a nodal officer.
- The case moved swiftly with a chargesheet on May 25, trial beginning in June, examination of 32 witnesses, conviction on October 31, and sentencing on November 3–4.
- Residents at Kumartuli Ghat halted an attempted river disposal on February 25 by forcing open a blood-stained trolley bag, two days after the murder.
- Police said the killing occurred at the accused’s rented Madhyamgram home in a property-dispute case, followed by sale of the victim’s jewellery and purchases using her phone and bank credentials; the defence plans to appeal.