Thane Crime: 50-year-old woman's body found dumped in box

In what can be called as a crime scene from a thriller movie an unidentified body of a woman was found dumped in a box at the Kasara Ghat on Sunday Police said that they received the information from the police control room who was informed by some passerby regarding foul smell at a spot on the ghat sectionUpon reaching the spot police found a big cardboard box and a decomposed body in it Police said that there were several injury marks on the body Based on the preliminary investigation police suspect that the woman was killed around 10 days back and the body later dumped in the ghat area Presumably the victim was in her 50sThe body was sent for postmortem to a government hospital in Sahapur area and a case registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 murder and 201 causing the disappearance of evidence of offence he saidA probe was underway to identify the deceased and nab the culprit he addedIn another similar case a 32yearold woman was allegedly murdered by her husband along with 4 other family members when she voiced her concerns regarding placing bets during Indian Premier League matches in Malda town located in West Bengal The womans father alleged that the family committed the crime against the deceased after she protested on IPL bettingAccording to the police the woman identified as Arpita Dasgupta was immediately rushed to the Malda Medical College and Hospital MMCH when she was in an unconscious state by her neighbours on Wednesday night However she was pronounced brought dead by the doctors in the hospital in Malda which is located around 327 km towards the north of West Bengal capital KolkataWe have received a complaint against some persons but all the accused went on the run after the incident We are also conducting a search in order to nab them said the Inspectorincharge of English Bazaar police station Shantanu Mitra The woman Arpita was married to Suvendu Dasgupta six years agoAfter he found out about the incident the father of the deceased Santosh Dutta filed a complaint with the police stationAccording to Hindustan Times In his complaint at the police station the deceased womans father alleged that his soninlaw and some other members of his family murdered his daughter Dutta claimed that Suvendu and Arpita who opposed the gambling got into a fight on Wednesday night At that time Suvendu and some other members of his family forced my daughter to drink acid which eventually killed her alleged DuttaDutta said that his granddaughter contacted him late at night on Wednesday saying that her mother was lying unconscious on the floor of the house I rushed to their house but by then my daughter had already been shifted to MMCH When I reached the hospital Ithinspsaw her body lying on a trolley said DuttaldquoMy son in law Suvendu is a gambler and also a narcotics addict This year he has invested more than Rs 2 lakh in betting for IPLthinspmatches I have heard that he borrowed the money at high interest in order for betting and had failed to repay the loans alleged DuttaThe Police said that Suvendu Dasgupta did not stay at his house during daytime since he was hunted by his creditors He would usually return back home late in the nightWith inputs from PTICatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates