All 13 accused in Murshidabad father-son murder are locals, some known to the family

Central unit deployed successful Dhulian, Murshidabad. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Most of the accused successful the Murshidabad father-son execution case were locals known to the victims and their family, a high-ranking authoritative of West Bengal constabulary told The Hindu connected Tuesday (May 13, 2025).

On Tuesday, West Bengal constabulary made their 13th apprehension successful transportation with the Jafrabad murder. The accused, Yusuf Sheikh, is simply a nonmigratory of Dighri colony successful the aforesaid area. He was apprehended from the adjacent Suti Police Station area.

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A period back, connected April 12, father-son duo Harogobind Das and Chandan Das were dragged retired of their location successful Jafrabad successful the Samsherganj constabulary presumption country of Murshidabad,  and brutally murdered allegedly successful communal violence, the West Bengal constabulary had said earlier.

Additionally, connected April 11 and April 12, properties and vehicles were besides torched and vandalised successful the country by a mob protesting against the precocious passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, forcing galore residents of Samsherganj’s Dhulian municipality and Tinpakuria gram panchayat to flee. 

The West Bengal constabulary serviceman connected Tuesday added that each 13 accused who person been apprehended truthful acold successful transportation with the execution are locals of the area, astir of them aged 35 oregon under. 

Roughly 2 of them were arrested from Odisha, 3 were arrested from Jharkhand, and the remainder were arrested from antithetic parts of West Bengal. 

“The bereaved household had identified six people, of whom 4 person been named successful the First Information Report. However, they mightiness person known much of them, but could not perchance registry their identities successful the moment, owed to the traumatising quality of the crime,” the serviceman said.

The accused were carrying sticks and swords during the violence, helium added. The offending limb utilized successful the murder, the constabulary serviceman said, was an incisive sword-like limb that had a crisp 90-degree crook towards the top. The alleged execution limb has already been recovered by the police.

Multiple suspects are presently successful judicial custody, portion the precocious apprehended are successful constabulary custody. 

“The archetypal apprehension was made connected April 15. All accused person been charged with murder, however, the constabulary person made a supplication to the tribunal to adhd much sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, peculiarly the conception related to mob lynching,” the constabulary serviceman said, adding that the probe is inactive underway.

Published - May 13, 2025 10:11 p.m. IST