Siliguri, 04th December: Engineer Gautam Deb and his brother Gourav Deb have been arrested in the murder case which surfaced from Siliguri’s Rabindra Nagar area on November 30. They were produced before the Siliguri court today.
It is to recall that Sushil Das, a resident of Niranjan Nagar, was allegedly killed in the lane next to Rabindra Nagar Basic School. His body was found lying on the streets in front of a residence. He had deep bruises on the back of his head.
It has been learned that Das was a ragman by profession and used to carry scales and weights in a shopping bag to measure rags collected by him. The same bag was later recovered inside a house situated close to the crime scene. Following this, the police detained two men from the house and took them to the police station for interrogation.
The arrested individuals will be taken into police custody for further investigation. On the other hand, the police also collected a bunch of hair from the deceased’s right hand along with some blood samples. Police sources said that a forensic team will arrive at the said house within a few days and will look into various aspects of the investigation.