Both Sharma and Shyamkanu Mahanta have been arrested by police as part of their probe into the death of the famous singer. Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta have also been arrested in the case.
Jui Chakraborty, a wildlife activist said despite repeated appraisals to the district forest authorities for initiating action against the accused, “nothing happened”. According to a study conducted by The Fishing Cat Project as part of a WWF grant, at least 27 cases were reported from Howrah and Hooghly alone wherein fishing cats were found dead. Most of the cases pertained to retaliatory killings.
A note was recovered which read "no one is responsible for the death of his children and himself" and Rs 20,000 in cash was placed beside the note for the last rites.
The police said that the 15-year-old girl had mixed weedicides into food to 'punish' her brother and mother who used to rebuke and scold her over household chores.
