Owner-tenant clash kills one in Tangra

KOLKATA: A long-standing dispute between the owners and tenants in Tangra’s DC Dey Road led to the murder of a 31-year-old man and seriously injure two others. The incident was reported around 11.30pm on Saturday.
While the victim has been identified as Manoj Ram, the injured were Sunil Das and Goutam Das. All three are tenants of the property. Ram had stepped forward to protest when he saw Sunil being attacked.The Tangra police has so far arrested seven persons in this case.
According to police and locals, the owner Ashok Das had been having a long-standing dispute with his tenant Sunil Das. “While Ashok wanted Sunil and other tenants to leave so he can develop his property, Sunil was resisting. On Saturday night, Ashok’s son Anil got involved in an argument with Sunil. As the argument intensified, Anil hit Sunil with a brick . Sunil fell down and started bleeding profusely from his head. Seeing this, another tenant Manoj intervened,” said an investigating officer.
“Manoj stepped out of his room and protested. Within minutes, Ashok — flanked by his family members — came out and started assaulting Manoj. Suddenly, Anil started stabbed Manoj with a scissor below his chest. Seeing this, a third resident, Goutam Das, stepped in and sought help to remove Manoj and Sunil to hospital,”said a sleuth.
“In the mean time Ashok’s nephew Rabi hit Manoj with a wooden stick on his head and he fell down unconscious,” said DC (Eastern suburban) Ajoy Prasad.