A speeding Sedan crash and three dead women in a house have kept the Kolkata police on their toes over the last couple of days. Police are left flummoxed and were struggling to unravel the mystery behind the case.In the early morning hours of February 19, a speeding Sedan carrying three persons smashed into a pillar at 100 kmph near the Avishikta crossing on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata. The three persons travelling in the car had a miraculous escape. They have been identified as Prasun Dey, his younger brother Pranay Dey and the latter’s teenage son Pratip.Lying in a hospital bed, hours later, Pranay made a shocking revelation. According to the Times of India, he revealed that his wife Sudeshna, sister-in-law Romi, and niece Priyamvada were dead (by suicide) inside their home in Tangra in East Kolkata.The three men apparently told the police that they had also attempted to end their livesThe TOI report said that when police broke open the main door of their house, police found the three women in separate rooms. Further, bloodstains were found across multiple areas.The TOI report suggested that Deys were in dire straits. The Deys were into leather good manufacturing and export business. They had suffered huge losses during the Covid era.However, despite Pranay’s suicide pact claim, police have not ruled out foul play.Meanwhile on Thursday, police, according to The Telegraph Online, disclosed that the two women and the teenage girl found dead at their four-storey Tangra home on Wednesday had been murdered.Priyambada Dey, 14, who had multiple injuries and bruises, died of poisoning, according to the preliminary postmortem report, The Telegraph quoting investigators said.It further added that Romi Dey, 44, and Sudeshna Dey, 39, suffered multiple cuts and slashes, none of which prima facie appear self-inflicted.
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