Wife, partner arrested for murdering husband in Teliamura


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Agartala, Jul 21, 2024, By Our Correspondent


A woman and his paramour were arrested for their alleged involvement in murder of a forest official in Khowai district’s Teliamura, police said on Sunday.Body of Kinkar Debath (47), a forester, was recovered from Karailong area, one and half km of his home on July 19.In course of investigation, police suspected involvement of deceased’s wife- Purnima Debnath and her paramour Amit Ghosh and accordingly the wife was detained for interrogation on Saturday.“During interrogation, Purnima confessed that she and his paramour, who is a real estate developer and was engaged to reconstruct their house at Karailong has murdered on July 18 late night. To hush up the evidence, Amit took the body to a nearby place and thrown it away. Both wife and her paramour were arrested on murder charge”, Officer in Charge (OC), Teliamura police station, Rajib Debnath said.“Purnima said she fell in love with the real estate developer (Amit Ghosh) after he was engaged by her husband to reconstruct their building. As extra marital affairs came to the fore, they (Purnima and Amith) hatched the plan to eliminate Kinkar”, the OC said.