Overview
- Bidhannagar police arrested BDO driver Raju Dhali and contractor Tufan Thapa and secured 12 days of police custody after producing them in a Bidhannagar court.
- Police sources told The Indian Express that Dhali confessed the pair were present when the victim was taken away and when the body was allegedly dumped.
- Officers say multiple CCTV clips form the core of the case reconstruction, with footage reportedly showing a vehicle with a blue beacon linked to the crime.
- An FIR names Rajganj BDO Prasanta Burman, whose movements are being traced, and officials emphasize that his role remains under investigation with no formal charge announced.
- Burman has denied any involvement and called the allegations a political conspiracy, as the probe explores a reported motive tied to gold stolen from his residence that a caretaker claimed was sold to the jeweller, and a landlord alleges he was briefly abducted.