The Kolkata Police on Tuesday questioned eminent writer Amit Chaudhuri and his daughter in connection with the death of Abesh Dasgupta. Dasgupta was killed after allegedly being hit by a broken alcohol bottle, an officer said.
Members of the special team, formed to investigate the death of the 17-year-old boy, have spoken to the girl with whom Abesh developed an emotional bond.
The police has also examined Abesh’s WhatsApp messages and those in other social networking sites to get a clear idea about the boy’s activities.
The police on Sunday registered a case of murder after a teenager, Abesh Dasgupta, was found dead with multiple injuries at the apartment complex where he had gone to attend Chaudhuri’s daughter’s birthday party.
The city police, under the supervision of a magistrate, conducted a post-mortem of the body of the teenager on Sunday. The boy was killed after allegedly being injured by shards of a liquor bottle during an assumed altercation.
A grievously injured Abesh, a Class 12 student, was found in a pool of blood in the ground floor car park of the apartment complex in South Kolkata’s Ballygunge on Saturday.
He was later declared brought dead at a hospital. A blood-soaked neck of a broken bottle was found at the spot.
While the police on Saturday registered a case of unnatural death, a murder case was initiated on Sunday following a complaint by the Dasgupta family.
“A murder case has been initiated. A post-mortem examination is being conducted. Prima facie it appears the death was caused due to massive bleeding,” said a police officer.
At the hospital, all the kids said they did not see anything, they all are saying they are unaware. How can this happen? It was a party, a murder happened and none of them know anything? How is that possible?Rimjhim Dasgupta, Abesh’s mother
“My daughter and, indeed, most of that group did not know the boy (Abesh) who later died of an injury. He had not been invited by those who’d put together the occasion and had come with one of the five boys in the group,” Chaudhuri said in a statement.
One person has been detained in connection with the incident, the officer said adding the other friends, including the suspected assailant, were still at large. The young boys detained and grilled by the police claimed that it was “an accident” and nobody was responsible for it.
Not ruling out a love triangle in the killing, the officer said prima facie it appeared the teenager came into the girl’s life after her break-up with another boy known to both, and there was a probability of the estranged boy being involved in the attack.
(With inputs from PTI)
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