"...Taking this opportunity, the duo pounced on Sushmita and killed her by slitting open her throat. Tamojit had witnessed the murder. So the duo also killed him with a sharp object. Then they had returned to the home and later came back at night to console the family and dispel any doubts over them”,
Tapan Mandal had told police that he was at the office and was unable to contact his wife over the phone despite repeated attempts. Investigators claimed that the husband of the deceased informed police that he had found the door ajar when he returned home at night and found both his wife Sushmita and son Tamojit were lying in a pool of blood in two separate rooms.
