Cops: Son-in-law killed 68-year-old

KOLKATA: The probe in to the murder of 68-year-old Shipra Bhattacharya took a new turn on Friday with sleuths claiming that her daughter

Kaberi

Bhattacharya (36), who was arrested six days ago and suffers from acute hysteric convulsions, probably had no hand in the murder.

Police may inform Alipore court to grant her bail. She is presently in police custody .Bhattacharya's body was found at her

Behala

residence a week ago.

In a detailed disclosure, police have pinned the blame on the victim's son-in-law Anupam Bhattacharya (40), an executive with a financial firm in Salt Lake. Police said Anupam, a resident of

Dum Dum

, had married Kaberi nine years ago and their kid is a student of

Narayana School

.

“Since Bhattacharya was employed with an NGO and her husband Biman was a senior RBI official, both found little time to spend with their only daughter. Kaberi never forgot the `neglect'. Biman was detected with cancer three years ago and he passed away within a year. Bhattacharya blamed the couple for not spending enough to save her husband's life. Anupam felt he was being blamed even though he was staying at his wife's place to take care of his mother-in-law,“ said police.

DC Behala Meeraj Khalid said on the evening of August 25, Bhattacharya had an argument with the couple. “Around 10pm, an agitated Kaberi went back to her room but Anupam stayed back at his mother-inlaw's room. He decided to murder Bhattacharya so that he could stay at the house without any trouble,“ said Khalid. He also forced her to write a suicide note on a page from his kid's school notebook. “But, he came under suspicion when he tried to act smart,“ added Khalid.

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