Mom-daughter charred to death in Haldia were from N Barrackpore

Haldia: Using

social media

and analysing call records, East Midnapore police on Sunday claimed a breakthrough in a February 18 incident in which

charred

remains of bodies of two women were found in Haldia’s Jhikurkhali. Police said victims Riya

Dey

(22) and her 40-year-old mother Rama were from

New Barrackpore

. Two persons arrested —

Haldia

contractor Saddam Hussain and his aide Sk Manjur — had allegedly set them on fire. A Haldia court remanded the duo in police custody for a fortnight.

Eight missing diaries were tracked state-wide in which two persons were reported missing but this lead hit a dead wall. Police then banked on social media appeals. One person responded saying that his relative and her daughter had left their New Barrackpore home and were unreachable. Police then did a call record analysis of the numbers.

Prima facie, police said, Saddam had an affair with Riya who was pressuring him to marry her. tnn


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